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Germanophile

[ jer-man-uh-fahyl ]

noun

  1. a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.


Germanophile

/ dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə; dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl /

noun

  1. a person having admiration for or devotion to Germany and the Germans
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Germanophilia, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Germanophile1

First recorded in 1860–65; Germano- + -phile
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Example Sentences

Schenker, who was born in Galicia, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, was an ardent cultural Germanophile and given to dyspeptic diatribes.

A chapter on early Black Wagnerians includes that ardent Germanophile, W.E.B.

Ed, a Germanophile, despises both the Brexiteers and Trump; the American president, he avers, “is presiding over the systematic no-holds-barred Nazification of the United States.”

“A Good German” relates the career of the ultraconservative 19th-century critic Wolfgang Menzel, who promulgated an intensely Germanophile literature that embraced xenophobia and racism.

On Saturday, that opera, “Cassandra” by the Italian Germanophile composer Vittorio Gnecchi, receives a rare performance when the plucky Teatro Grattacielo presents it in concert at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater.

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