germanium

English

Chemical element
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	Next: arsenic (As)

Etymology

Latin Germania (“Germany”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dʒɚˈmeɪniəm/
• Rhymes: -eɪniəm

Noun

germanium (uncountable)

Wikipedia

1. A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32.

Derived terms

Derived terms

germanic germanide germanium dioxide germanium hydride

germanium tetrahydride germanium tetrachloride silicon-germanium

Related terms

Related terms

germane germanomethane

monogermane

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: germanium
• Albanian: germanium (sq)
• Arabic: جرمانيوم (ar) (jarmányum) m
• Armenian: գերմանիում (hy) (germanium)
• Asturian: xermaniu (ast) m
• Basque: germanioa (eu)
• Belarusian: германій (be) (germánij) m
• Breton: germaniom (br)
• Bulgarian: германий (bg) (germánij) m
• Catalan: germani (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍺 (cmn), 锗 (cmn) (zhě)

• Cornish: germanyum (kw)
• Czech: germanium (cs)
• Danish: germanium (da)
• Dutch: germanium (nl) n
• Esperanto: germaniumo (eo)
• Estonian: germaanium (et)
• Faroese: germanium (fo)
• Finnish: germanium (fi)
• French: germanium (fr) m
• Friulian: gjermani
• Galician: xermanio (gl) m
• Georgian: გერმანიუმი (ka) (germaniumi)
• German: Germanium (de) n
• Greek: γερμάνιο (el) (germánio) n
• Hebrew: גרמניום (he) (germányum)
• Hindi: सिकातु (hi) (sikaatu)
• Hungarian: germánium (hu)
• Icelandic: german (is)
• Interlingua: germanium (ia)
• Irish: gearmáiniam (ga)
• Italian: germanio (it) m
• Japanese: ゲルマニウム (ja) (gerumaniumu)

• Kashubian: germón (csb)
• Kazakh: германий (kk) (germaniy)
• Korean: 게르마늄 (ko) (gereumanyum)
• Latvian: germānijs (lv) m
• Lithuanian: germanis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Germanium (lb)
• Macedonian: германиум (mk) (germánium) m
• Malay: germanium (ms)
• Maltese: ġermanju (mt)
• Manx: germaanium (gv)
• Mongolian: германи (mn) (germani)
• Norwegian: germanium (no)
• Polish: german (pl) m
• Portuguese: germânio (pt) m
• Romanian: germaniu (ro) n
• Russian: германий (ru) (germánij) m
• Scottish Gaelic: gearmainiam (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: германиj (sh) m, германиjум (sh) m

  Roman: germanij (sh) m, germanijum (sh) m

• Slovak: germánium (sk)
• Slovene: germanij (sl)
• Spanish: germanio (es) m
• Swedish: germanium (sv) n
• Tajik: germani' (tg) (germani')
• Tamil: சாம்பலியம் (ta) (saambaliyam)
• Thai: เจอร์เมเนียม (th) (choemēniam)
• Turkish: germanyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: германій (uk) (hermánij) m
• Uzbek: германий (uz) (germaniy)
• Vietnamese: gecmani (vi)
• Volapük: gärmin (vo)
• Welsh: germaniwm (cy)
• West Frisian: germanium (fy)

See also

• argyrodite
• ekasilicon

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Czech

Noun

germanium n

1. germanium (nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic number of 32)

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Chemical element
Ge	Previous: gallium (Ga)
	Next: arseen (As)

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

germanium n (uncountable)

1. germanium

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Finnish

Wikipedia ^fi

Noun

germanium

1. germanium

Declension

Declension of germanium (type risti) singular plural nominative germanium germaniumit genitive germaniumin germaniumien partitive germaniumia germaniumeja accusative germanium germaniumin germaniumit inessive germaniumissa germaniumeissa elative germaniumista germaniumeista illative germaniumiin germaniumeihin adessive germaniumilla germaniumeilla ablative germaniumilta germaniumeilta allative germaniumille germaniumeille essive germaniumina germaniumeina translative germaniumiksi germaniumeiksi instructive – germaniumein abessive germaniumitta germaniumeitta comitative – germaniumeineen

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒɛʁ.ma.njɔm/

Noun

germanium m (usually uncountable)

1. germanium

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Noun

germānium (genitive germāniī); n, second declension

1. germanium

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	germānium	germānia
genitive	germāniī	germāniōrum
dative	germāniō	germāniīs
accusative	germānium	germānia
ablative	germāniō	germāniīs
vocative	germānium	germānia

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Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʝɛʁˈmaː˨ɲɔ˧m]

Noun

germanium n

1. (uncountable) germanium
2. A part of germanium

Inflection

Declension of germanium

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	germanium	germania	germanieke	germaniekes
Genitive	germaniums	germania	germaniekes	germaniekes
Locative	germanieës	germanieëser	germanieëske	germanieëskes
Dative¹	germaniumme	—	germanieke	—
Accusative¹	germanium	—	germanieke	—

¹ Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, the nominative is used instead.

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Chemical element
Ge	Previous: galium (Ga)
	Next: arsenik (As)

Etymology

From English germanium, from Latin Germania + -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [gə(r)maniom], [gə(r)maniəm], [d͡ʒə(r)maniəm]
• Rhymes: -iom, -jom, -om

Noun

germanium

1. germanium (chemical element)

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Swedish

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɛrˈmɑːnɪɵm/

Noun

germanium n (uncountable)

1. germanium

Declension

Declension of germanium

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	germanium	germaniumet
genitive	germaniums	germaniumets