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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

germanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
ger-man-ism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English German Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Germanism From German + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Germanisms (plural)

Synonyms

Teutonism

Questions

What does germanism mean?
A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language).
Where does germanism come from?
Etymology tree English German Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Germanism From German + -ism.

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