Germanist
A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or culturesA person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures.
Translations
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2 sensesA person who specializes in the German language, literature and/or culture of the German-speaking world.
(dated)A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures.
Germanist, Germanistin
германи́стgermaníst, германи́сткаgermanístka
a specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature
Origin
Borrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of RBorrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”). By surface analysis, German + -ist, doublet of Germanicist.
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Forms
plural: Germanists| Singular | Germanist |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsSee also
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