Phrase Hound found 144 phrases and 43 compound words that contain german. The most common are listed below. Open german in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 144
- German EmpireA former German empire and country that existed between 1871 and 1918. Capital: Berlin.
- Low GermanA West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often …
- East GermanOf, from, or pertaining to East Germany, its people, or its culture.
- High GermanA native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
- Swiss-GermanAlternative form of Swiss German.
- Old High GermanThe early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.
- West GermanOf, from, or pertaining to West Germany.
- Middle High GermanConcerning the Middle High German language.
- New High GermanThe modern form of the German language, successor to Middle High German.
- German Democratic RepublicOfficial name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.
- anti-GermanAgainst Germans or Germany.
- German studiesA field that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms.
- Middle Low GermanA language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.
- Central GermanOne of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation …
- German shepherdA large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog.
- German chocolateChocolate mixed with coconut and pecan.
- German silverCupronickel, nickel silver; specifically the variety developed by 19th-century German metalworkers, an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc.
- German-AustriaA designation of the (predominantly) German-speaking territories of Cisleithania.
- Upper GermanOne of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German / Middle German (= Mitteldeutsch) by the …
- German OrderSynonym of Teutonic Knights: A German religious order founded in the late 12th century and known for conquering the Baltic Prussians and bringing Prussia under German control; the order exists today as a charitable organisation.
- German QuestionThe question of which historically German(-speaking, -inhabited, and/or -ruled) areas — particularly of whether northern German areas and Austria or only northern German areas — should constitute a unified German state.
- German SeaNorth Sea
- Standard GermanThe standardised German (more precisely High German) language, especially as distinguished from High German varieties such as Bavarian or Luxembourgish, or from Low German.
- East Central GermanOne of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland …
- German East AfricaA former German colony in East Africa, spread mostly over present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
Compound words 43
- GermanicThe early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.
- GermantownA number of places in the United States:
- GermanishGermanic.
- GermanophobeSomeone who dislikes or fears Germany, the German people or their culture.
- GermanophobicOpposed to Germany.
- GermantonThe former name of the small town Holbrook in southern New South Wales, Australia.
- GermandomGermans collectively, conceived of as a united community.
- GermanificationThe act or process of making something German.
- GermanesqueSomewhat German, or reminiscent of the Germans or Germany; Germanish.
- GermanhoodThe quality or characteristic of being German