Germanize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒɝmənaɪz/ (General-American)
- /ˈdʒɜːmənaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English German Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Germanize From German + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To give a German character to (something).
Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?
1751, Benjamin Franklin, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.:to Germanize a province, a language, or a society
In the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 183:
- (intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germanizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Germanized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Germanized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| Germanise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Germanizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (29)
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