Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable)A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.

    Deutscher, Deutsche

    не́мецnémec, не́мкаnémka, герма́нецgermánec

    ні́мецьnímecʹ, ні́мкаnímka

    a person of German nationality

  2. (countable, historical, uncountable)A member of a Germanic tribe.

    Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

    Deutscher, Deutsche, Germane

    не́мецnémec, не́мкаnémka, герма́нецgermánec

  3. (countable, uncountable)A German wine.

  4. (US, dated, rare, uncountable)A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+¹⁄₂-point type.

    Achtelcicero

  5. (Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.

  6. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A prison warder.

Examples

1781 sentences
  1. German is not only spoken in Germany.

    Німецькою говорять не лише в Німеччині. — deniko

    ruНа немецком языке говорят не только в Германии. — odexed

    deDeutsch wird nicht nur in Deutschland gesprochen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I don't understand German at all.

    Я зовсім не розумію німецької. — Lumo

    ruЯ совершенно не понимаю по-немецки. — sharptoothed

    deIch verstehe Deutsch überhaupt nicht. — MUIRIEL

  3. Dutch is closely related to German.

    Нідерландьска мова близькоспоріднена з німецькою. — deniko

    ruНидерландский язык тесно связан с немецким. — sharptoothed

    deNiederländisch ist eng verwandt mit Deutsch. — MUIRIEL

  4. He speaks German, not to mention English.

    Він говорить німецькою, не кажучи вже про англійську. — deniko

    ruОн знает немецкий язык, не говоря уже об английском. — soweli_Elepanto

  5. I can't make myself understood in German.

    Мене не розуміють, коли я говорю німецькою. — aandrusiak

    deIch kann mich nicht auf Deutsch verständlich machen. — Sudajaengi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality:
Русский
By meaning 1
native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality:
member of a Germanic tribe:
1½-point type:

Origin

From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the w

From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).

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Forms

plural: Germans

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a german shepherd
  • german shepherd
  • speak german
  • studying german

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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