germanism

Noun

Meaning

An idiom of the German language.

A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

teutonicism Teutonism

Hypernyms

usage custom usance

Phrases with the word

anti-Germanism

Examples

His Austrian German ancestry betrayed itself in his language - for example "as we say in the psychiatry" is a very typical Germanism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

germanische glaubens-gemeinschaft Germanise Germanish Germanist Germanistic Germanistics