تعريف / معنى german

• English - Adjective: german (comparative more german, superlative most german) Having the same mother and father; a full ( brother or sister ). brother- german Being born to one’s blood aunt or uncle; a first ( cousin ). cousin- german 1567 Arthur Golding trans., Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1, lines 460-2 The doubtfull wordes whereof they scan and canvas to an fro.Which done, Prometheus sonne began by counsell wise…
• English - Noun: german (plural germans) (obsolete) A near relative. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC: Which when his german saw, the stony feare / Ran to his hart, and all his sence dismayd […] german (plural germans) An elaborate round dance , often with a waltz movement. 1985, Betty Casey, Dance Across Texas, page 49:…
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Old French germain , from Latin germānus , from germen (“seed, sprout, bud”). See also germane , a formal variant which has survived in specific senses. Not related to the proper noun German . Etymology 2. From German (“of Germany”).
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/ (US) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɝ.mən/
• English - Derived terms: brother-german brother german cousin-german cousin german sister-german sister german