Germanism

[ jur-muh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. a usage, idiom, or other feature that is characteristic of the German language.
2. a custom, manner, mode of thought, action, etc., that is characteristic of the German people.
3. extreme partiality for or attachment to Germany, Germans, or German customs, manners, etc.

Germanism

/ ˈdʒɜːməˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a word or idiom borrowed from or modelled on German
2. a German custom, trait, practice, etc
3. attachment to or high regard for German customs, institutions, etc

Other Words From

• an·ti-Ger·man·ism noun
• pro-Ger·man·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Germanism¹

First recorded in 1605–15; German + -ism

Example Sentences

“Germanism, socialism and beer makes Milwaukee different,” says John Gurda, a historian.

From Economist

But the more refined Germanism of later times takes what is perhaps meant to be a mitigated view, and treats it as a myth, that is, a sort of mythological tale.

From Project Gutenberg

So has his thorough and devoted Germanism.

From Project Gutenberg

Such are the Pan-German League, the German Navy League, the League for Germanism abroad, the League for German Art abroad, the School League which gives support to German schools outside Germany, the German rifle club, with its headquarters in Nuremberg, to which rifle clubs abroad are affiliated, and, lastly, the Foreign Museum, recently founded under the highest official patronage, which arranges economic exhibitions in various German cities.

From Project Gutenberg

Teuton′icism, Teu′tonism, a Germanism; Teutonisā′tion, the act of Germanising.—v.t. and v.i.

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