German

Etymology
From, (“the peoples of ”), as distinct from  (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly /).

Not related to or  (from the Latin adjective, through Old French).

Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms and  (from 🇨🇬) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of and descendants of ; see those entries for more.

The surname is generally from the noun, though sometimes confused with, under Russian influence. As a surname, Americanized from. Compare, ,.

Noun

 * 1)  A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
 * 2) A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
 * 3)  A member of a Germanic tribe.
 * 4)  A German wine.
 * 5)   A size of type between  and, $1 1/2$-point type.
 * 6)   A Germany-produced car, a.
 * 7)   A prison warder.
 * 1)   A size of type between  and, ⇭⇭⇭-point type.
 * 2)   A Germany-produced car, a.
 * 3)   A prison warder.
 * 1)   A prison warder.
 * 1)   A prison warder.

Translations

 * Alabama:
 * Chuvash:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Guaraní:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:, ,
 * Latvian:, , (rare)
 * Macedonian:, ,
 * Malay: ,
 * Maltese:, , ,
 * Marathi:
 * Norman: ,
 * Old French:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian:
 * Romani: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, , ,
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Yakut:

Proper noun

 * 1)   An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
 * 2) Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
 * 3) * 1889, Theodore S. Fay, The three Germanys: glimpses into their history, vol. II, p. 1270 (inside the index):
 * Goths, a German tribe, 9; allied with other tribes against Rome, 39; [...]
 * Of, in or relating to the German language.
 * 1) * 1990, Charles V.J. Russ, Introduction, in: Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, p. xviii (note: the work covers Frisian, Low and High German dialects):
 * This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects [...]. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).
 * Of, in or relating to the German language.
 * 1) * 1990, Charles V.J. Russ, Introduction, in: Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, p. xviii (note: the work covers Frisian, Low and High German dialects):
 * This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects [...]. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).
 * 1) * 1990, Charles V.J. Russ, Introduction, in: Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, p. xviii (note: the work covers Frisian, Low and High German dialects):
 * This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects [...]. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).
 * 1) * 1990, Charles V.J. Russ, Introduction, in: Charles V.J. Russ (ed.), The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, p. xviii (note: the work covers Frisian, Low and High German dialects):
 * This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects [...]. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).
 * This volume is intended to provide a survey of the linguistic characteristics of modern German dialects [...]. These are defined geographically as those within the borders of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, Austria, the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and Alsace in France ([..]).

Etymology

 * Borrowed from Germán

Noun

 * 1)  germane

Proper noun

 * 1)  (member of a Germanic tribe)