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Germanism

noun

Etymology

From German + -ism.

  1. derived from Germānus
  2. suffixed as germanism — “German + ism”

Definitions

  1. A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language).

    • He employs the Lithuanian Yiddish idiom with some Germanisms.

  2. The culture and customs of the Germanic people (or tribes).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Germanism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA