Examples of German in a Sentence
Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024
The arrival of a million refugees from Syria and elsewhere in 2015 continues to shape ongoing debates about who is a German.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
The German has simply revolutionised the club and his decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season came as a shock to the world of football.
—Ben Church, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Take a look → Mysterious wooden train car — almost 100 years old — unearthed in Belgium, photos show
During WWII, the Nazi German Army built a military stronghold at the Directeur-Generaal Willemspark in Knokke-Heist, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Not all carbohydrates are created equal, as the German Nutrition Society explains.
—Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Dan explained that festival culture is huge in Milwaukee, citing Summerfest, Festa Italiana, Mexican Fiesta and German Fest, among others.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
His eagle father, Captain, was given as a gift to President Ronald Reagan in 1982 by West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside, and with an afterword by Claire-Louise Bennett
The Unwilling Celebrity
Maurice Samuels’s Alfred Dreyfus is a biography of the very private man at the center of one of the greatest public controversies of modern times.
—The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Medieval Latin Germanus, from Latin
Adjective (2)
Middle English germain, from Anglo-French, from Latin germanus having the same parents, from germen
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Adjective (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“German.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/German. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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