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English
Etymology
German + -ism
Noun
Germanism (countable and uncountable, plural Germanisms)
- (countable) A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language).
- (usually uncountable) The culture and customs of the Germanic people (or tribes).
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- (foreignisms) foreignism; Akkadianism / Akkadism, Americanism, Amharism, Anglicism, Arabism, Aramaism, Armenism, Australianism, Batavism, Belorussianism, Bengalism, Briticism, Bulgarism, Catalanism, Church Slavicism / Church Slavonicism / Slavonicism, Croatism, Czechism / Bohemianism, Gallicism / Frenchism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism / Hispanicism / Castilianism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Indianism, Iranianism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Kazakhism, Latinism, Macedonianism, Mandaism, Moravianism, New Zealandism, Persianism, Polonism, Portuguesism, Russianism, Scotticism, Serbism, Serbo-Croatism, Sinicism, Slavism, Slovenism / Pannonianism, Sumerianism / Sumerism, Syriacism, Turkism, Ukrainism / Ukrainianism, Uzbekism, Yiddishism
Translations
a word or idiom of the German language
culture, and customs of Germanic peoples
— see also Teutonism