German

Spoken in Munich

German refers to people, language, and things from Germany, a country in central Europe.

As a noun, a German is a person from Germany or of German descent.

The German language belongs to the Germanic family and is spoken in Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland.

As an adjective: German engineering, German shepherd, German measles. (Lowercase german appears in certain compound terms like german cousin, meaning first cousin.)

culture

Oktoberfest

Massive Bavarian brewing celebration

sauerkraut · bratwurst · pretzel · schnitzel · Christmas markets · carnival · Grimm · fairytales · folklore · traditions

philosophy

Kant

German Enlightenment thinker

  • HegelGerman absolute idealist philosopher
  • NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
  • HeideggerExistential ontology's founder

Schopenhauer · Marx · Freud · Wittgenstein · Fichte · Adorno · phenomenology · existentialism · idealism · dialectics

nationality

citizenship

Status as state member

expatriate · immigrant · homeland · compatriot · diaspora · ancestry · heritage · Berlin · Munich · Hamburg

beer

lager

Cold-conditioned beer

brewery · stein · biergarten · hops · malt · brewing · Hofbräuhaus · Oktoberfest · taproom · keg

engineering

Volkswagen

German automobile corporation

  • Mercedes-BenzGerman luxury vehicle manufacturer
  • BMWBavarian motor works
  • AudiGerman premium car manufacturer

Porsche · Siemens · Bosch · Autobahn · manufacturing · precision · automotive · robotics · machinery · efficiency

music

Beethoven

German classical music giant

  • WagnerGerman Romantic opera composer
  • BachGerman composer surname
  • BrahmsRomantic German composer

Handel · Schumann · Mendelssohn · Strauss · symphony · opera · composer · classical · Kraftwerk · Rammstein

language

Deutsch

The German language

gendered · nouns · cases · conjugation · pronunciation · dialect · Bavarian · Swiss · Austrian · Yiddish

Categories
Opposites
nationality/ethnicity

GermanRussian

Eastern Slavic language

Soviet · anti-fascist · anti-Nazi · French · British

cultural stereotypes

GermanItalian

Of or from Rome's country

Spanish · Brazilian · Greek · French · Mediterranean

linguistic classification

GermanRomance

Latin-descended language group

French · Spanish · Italian · Chinese · Slavic

Phrases
Family

Germany, German East Africa, Germanic, Germanized, Germanizes, German shepherd, German Empire, German-like

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G