Definition of Germanize

1. v. t. To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.

2. v. i. To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

Definition of Germanize

1. Verb. (transitive) To give a German character to (something). ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Germanize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Germanize

germanes
germanian
germanic
germanic acid
germanide
germanides
germaniferous
germanite
germanium
germanium antimony telluride
germanium tetrachloride
germanium tetrahydride
germaniums
germanization
germanizations
germanize (current term)
germanized
germanizes
germanizing
germanocolusite
germanomethane
germanone
germanophilia
germanophilias
germans
germanyl
germanyls
germaphobe
germaphobes
germaphobia

Literary usage of Germanize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Germany Vs. Civilization: Notes on the Atrocious War by William Roscoe Thayer (1916)
"... CHAPTER XII THE PLOT TO germanize AMERICA A Countryman returning home one winter's day, found a Snake by the hedge-side, half dead with cold. ..."

2. Turkey, Russia, the Black sea, and Circassia by Edmund Spencer (1855)
"... Pest—Reign of terror—Woman flogging— Attempt of Austria to germanize the Hungarians—National pride of the Hungarians—Siege of Buda—Treachery of General ..."

3. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"German statesmen and German professors openly avow that the most important task of the German Government is either /to germanize or to exterminate the Poles ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"litare everywhere, or rather to germanize A".*tria entirely. ... You desire to germanize the em- - - ; yoa are not Austrian*, you are Germans. ..."

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