1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.
2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]
GERMANISM
Ger"man*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. germanisme.]
1. An idiom of the German language.
2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. J. W. Alexander.
GERMANIUM
Ger*ma"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.] (Chem.)
Defn: A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.
GERMANIZATION
Ger`man*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.
GERMANIZE
Ger"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Germanized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Germanizing.]