german

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language

   “German philosophers”

   “German universities”

   “German literature”

Other forms of german

plural

germans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about german

What does german mean?

german means "a person of German nationality". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in german?

german has 2 syllables: ger-man. The stress falls on "ger". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɝmən/.

What is another word for german?

Close synonyms include High German, German language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is german a common word?

german is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.