Germ
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the similarity of the first syllable of German to germ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun[edit]
Germ (plural Germs)
- (UK, slang, derogatory) a German person.
Bavarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German gërwe, gërwen, from the verb gëren, variant of jesen and gësen (whence gärn and German gären), from Old High German jesan, from Proto-Germanic *jesaną (and possibly *jazjaną), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Related to English yeast.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Germ f or m (plural Germ)
Synonyms[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Germ n or f (mixed, genitive Germs, plural Germen)
- (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, generally uncountable) yeast
- Synonym: Hefe
Declension[edit]
Declension of Germ [neuter // feminine, mixed]
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