alemán

From French allemand, from Late Latin Alemannus from Proto-Germanic *Alamann-.

• IPA^(key): /aleˈman/,
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧mán

alemán m sg (feminine singular alemana, neuter singular alemano, masculine plural alemanes, feminine plural alemanes)

1. German (of or pertaining to Germany)

alemán m sg (feminine singular alemana, masculine plural alemanes, feminine plural alemanes)

1. a German (person)

alemán m (uncountable)

1. German (language)

• alamán
• alemám, alemão (reintegrationist)

First attested in the 13th century (alamã, alaman). From Old French allemand, from Late Latin Alemannus from Proto-Germanic *Alamann-.

• IPA^(key): /aleˈmaŋ/
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧mán

alemán (feminine alemá, masculine plural alemáns, feminine plural alemás)

1. German (relating to Germany or to the German language)

alemán m (plural alemáns, feminine alemá, feminine plural alemás)

1. German (inhabitant of Germany or person of German descent)

alemán m (uncountable)

1. German language

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alamã”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alaman”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alemán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alemán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alemán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from French allemand, from Late Latin Alemannus, from Proto-Germanic *Alamann-, most likely from the roots of all + man.

• IPA^(key): /aleˈman/

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧le‧mán

alemán (feminine alemana, masculine plural alemanes, feminine plural alemanas)

1. German (of, from or relating to Germany)

   Synonyms: germano, (colloquial) teutón

2. German (relating to the German language)

alemán m (plural alemanes, feminine alemana, feminine plural alemanas)

1. German (native or inhabitant of Germany) (male or of unspecified gender)

   Synonym: (colloquial) teutón

   Esta mañana llegaron unos alemanes a Bogotá.

   This morning, some Germans arrived at Bogotá.

alemán m (uncountable)

1. German (language)

   Synonym: alto alemán

   Llevo dos años aprendiendo alemán.

   I've been learning German for two years.

• “alemán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• almena