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German

英 ['dʒɜːmən]

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adj. 德国的；德语的，德国人的
n. 德语；德国人

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复数: Germans;

中文词源

German 德国的

来自拉丁语Germanus, 最早来自古罗马执政官凯撒的使用。

英英释意

1. a person of German nationality

2. the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

英文词源

german (adj.): "of the same parents or grandparents," c. 1300, from Old French germain "own, full; born of the same mother and father; closely related" (12c.), from Latin germanus "full, own (of brothers and sisters); one's own brother; genuine, real, actual, true," related to germen (genitive germinis) "sprout, bud," of uncertain origin; perhaps dissimilated from PIE *gen(e)-men-, from root *gene- "to give birth, beget" (see genus). Your cousin-german (also first cousin) is the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt; your children and your first cousin's are second cousins to one another; to you, your first cousin's children are first cousin once removed.
German (n.): "a native of Germany," 1520s, from Latin Germanus (adjective and noun, plural Germani), first attested in writings of Julius Caesar, who used Germani to designate a group of tribes in northeastern Gaul, of unknown origin. Probably originally the name of an individual tribe, but Gaulish (Celtic) origins have been proposed, from words perhaps originally meaning "noisy" (compare Old Irish garim "to shout") or "neighbor" (compare Old Irish gair "neighbor"). Middle English had Germayns (plural, late 14c.), but only in the sense "ancient Teuton, member of the Germanic tribes." The earlier English word was Almain (early 14c.; see Alemanni) or Dutch.
Þe empere passede from þe Grees to þe Frenschemen and to þe Germans, þat beeþ Almayns. [John of Trevisa, translation of Higdon's Polychronicon, 1387]
Their name for themselves, die Deutschen (see Dutch), dates from 12c. Roman writers also used Teutoni as a German tribal name, and writers in Latin after about 875 commonly refer to the German language as teutonicus (see Teutonic). Meaning "the German language" in English is from 1748. High German (1823 in English) and Low German as a division of dialects is geographical: High German (from 16c. established as the literary language) was the German spoken in the upland regions in southern Germany, Low German (often including Dutch, Frisian, Flemish), also called Plattdeutsch was spoken in the regions near the North Sea. In the U.S. German also was used of descendants of settlers from Germany.
German (adj.): "of or pertaining to Germany or the Germans," 1550s, from German (n.). German shepherd as a breed of dog (1922) is short for German shepherd dog (1889), which translates German deutscher Schäferhund. German Ocean as an old name for the North Sea translates Ptolemy. German measles attested by 1856. German-American is from 1880. German Reformed church is from 1812.

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It is usually agreed that a German, Karl Benz, built the first motor car in 1885.

It could not succeed without German cooperation.

Once, just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympiclevel horse event.

Before the War, much of Britain's food was imported and when German U-boats began attacking ships bringing food to the country, Britain went on rations (配给).

According to a German professor, the soreness comes from straining your muscles in an uncommon way, for example, jumping on a bicycle for a ride, because you haven't ridden in a long time.

Defense minister Farhat Horchani said last week that German and American security experts were expected to come to help Tunisia devise a new electronic video-supervision system on its border with Libya.

For example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.

It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it.

Once, just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event.

within the Alps in central Europe is Liechtenstein, a tiny country of about 30, 000 people who speak mostly German.

The German traveler Johann Winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps.

While fully 64% of all U.S. high school graduates attend college of some point in their life, just 30% of the comparable German population, 28% of the French, 20% of the British, and 37%of the Japanese proceed beyond high school.

subsidiary of a German company.

The German railways, 2 billion ponds a year.

The German authorities are sending investigators to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the island of Tenerife.

The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land

Esperanto's vocabulary is drawn primarily from Latin, the Roman's languages, English and German.

The German traveler Johann winckelmann pioneered the field of art history with his comprehensive study of Greek and Roman sculpture; he was portrayed by his friend Anton Raphael Mengs at the beginning of his long residence in Rome.

There are currently around 155, 000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on German roads, dwarfed by the million gasoline and diesel cars driving there now.

So, how is your German class going, John?

This phrase is associated with the German designer Hartmut Esslinger.

This saying is associated with the German-born architect Mies Van Der Rohe.

In the early 1900s in North America, German-born American anthropologist Franz Boas developed a new theory of culture known as historical particularism.

If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads.

German and Brazilian papers have shrugged off the recession.

The phrase "less is more" was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War II and took up posts at Am

实用场景例句

Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.: 他们的部队在炮轰仅有7英里之遥的德军防线。

The average German will enjoy 40 days' paid holiday this year.: 今年，德国人将平均享受40天的带薪假期。

They were conversing in German, their only common language.: 他们正用德语交谈，这是他们唯一的共同语言。

German cameras at knock-down prices flooded the British market.: 德国产的廉价相机充斥着英国市场。

Immediately to our right the old German summer resort was awakening.: 紧靠我们右面，古老的德国避暑胜地正在苏醒。

German law forbids the dumping of hazardous waste on German soil.: 德国法律禁止在德国本土倾倒有害废料。

Tony Woodcock has joined German amateur team SC Brueck as coach.: 托尼·伍德科克加盟德国业余队SC布吕克队担任教练。

Horst, a German from Hamburg, was a true original.: 来自德国汉堡的霍斯特是个名副其实的怪人。

Spaniards are worried about German investors deserting Spain for Eastern Europe.: 西班牙人担心德国投资者放弃西班牙而转向东欧。

Few officers thought that a German-Czech war could be localized.: 没几个军官认为德捷之战可被控制为局部战争。

The German authorities are considering an airlift if the situation becomes critical.: 如果局势变得危急，德国当局将考虑实施空运。

On the aeroplane I was befriended by a delightful German woman.: 在飞机上，一位讨人喜欢的德国女士对我就像朋友一样。

Their German peers had a more developed sense of citizenship.: 和他们同龄的德国人有着更强烈的公民归属感。

At midnight, the German flag will be raised over the Reichstag.: 半夜时，德国国旗将在德国国会大厦升起。

Susan and the girl were still nattering away in German.: 苏姗和那个女孩还在用德语聊个没完。

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