Germanist

[ jur-muh-nist ]

noun

1. a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Germanist¹

1825–35; < German < Latin Germān ( ia ) Germany + -ist

Example Sentences

As to the Conquests, Germanist views have been formulated with great authority by Freeman.

From Project Gutenberg

An informal survey of Germanists has failed to come up with anything.

From New York Times

That a Germanist could write an introduction of only 36 pages to such a much-discussed epic will be a marvel to his fellows.

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At a congress of Germanists at Frankfort, in 1846, professors and students, jurists and historians, talked and discussed the questions of a German parliament and of national unity more perhaps than matters of scholarship.

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In marked contrast to the patriotic and romantic spirit of Bonn he noted here with amazement that the distinguished Germanist Benecke lectured on the Nibelungenlied to an auditory of nine.

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