Germanization
Imposing German culture
Germanization is the process of making something German in character, language, or culture.
Historically, this often referred to policies—sometimes coercive—aimed at assimilating non-German populations into German-speaking society, particularly in territories under German or Austrian control.
The term can also apply more neutrally to the adoption of German customs, naming conventions, or linguistic features.
The Germanization of Polish regions was a central policy of the Prussian state.
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- integrationCombining into a whole
- homogenizationMaking things the same
Devotion to one's country
- unificationMerging into one entity
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
Reich · colonialism · expansionism · nation-building · centralization · Alsace-Lorraine · Pomerania
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
etymology · neologism · translation · terminology · bilingualism · code-switching
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- integrationCombining into a whole
- homogenizationMaking things the same
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- unificationMerging into one entity
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
Bismarck · Reich · colonialism · expansionism · nation-building · centralization · Alsace-Lorraine · Pomerania
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
borrowing · etymology · neologism · translation · terminology · bilingualism · code-switching
GermanizationRussification
Enforced cultural assimilation
Anglicization · Italianization · Americanization · Arabization · Hispanicization
Germanizationcultural preservation
Protecting community traditions and artifacts
cultural resistance · language preservation · decolonization
Germany, German, Germanic, Germanize, Germanized, Germanizing, Germanisation, Germanizes, Germanness