Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To make or become German in form, idiom, style, or character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become German in habits, feelings, sympathies, tastes, etc.
- To render German in character or sentiment; cause to conform to German ideals or methods.
- To translate into German.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.
- transitive verb To make German, or like what is distinctively German.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To give a
German character to (something). - verb intransitive To adopt German customs or culture.
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Examples
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The Prussian kings wanted to "Germanize" their acquired areas, much as the Israeli government wants to "Judaeize" their occupied territories.
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The Prussian kings wanted to "Germanize" their acquired areas, much as the Israeli government wants to "Judaeize" their occupied territories.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Redress 2009
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The Prussian kings wanted to "Germanize" their acquired areas, much as the Israeli government wants to "Judaeize" their occupied territories.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Heydrich planned to "Germanize" Czechoslavakia, a plan that would lead to his death.
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Rutherford (2007) looks at the Wartheland region in a study of efforts to "Germanize" areas of western Poland.
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With two friends, Polak watched German authorities plant the tree with great pomp - part of an effort to "Germanize" the town, he said.
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Old Ben went on: "Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, 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?"
Minorities are on the move, and others' ignorance follows them Petula Dvorak 2011
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Old Ben went on: "Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, 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?"
Minorities are on the move, and others' ignorance follows them Petula Dvorak 2011
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Old Ben went on: "Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, 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?"
Minorities are on the move, and others' ignorance follows them Petula Dvorak 2011
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Old Ben went on: "Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, 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?"
Minorities are on the move, and others' ignorance follows them Petula Dvorak 2011
hernesheir commented on the word Germanize
Although Pascal had long planned to thoroughly Germanize his little garret in Montparnasse, Karlheinz convinced him to Teutonize it instead.
December 23, 2011