Germanizing
Adopting German ways
Germanizing is making something German in character, language, or culture.
The term applies to policies imposing German language or customs on non-German populations, or to adapting foreign words, names, or practices to German forms: The regime pursued aggressive Germanizing of Polish territories.
Also spelled Germanising in British English.
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
immigration · emigration · resettlement · diaspora · ethnic Germans · integration · cultural adaptation · intermarriage
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- etymologyWord origin study
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
neologism · orthography · phonology · morphology · syntax · vocabulary · bilingualism · translation
German word for empire
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- unificationMerging into one entity
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
confederation · nation-building · territorial expansion · hegemony · statecraft
Traditional German leather shorts
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
- bratwurstGerman minced-pork sausage
- sauerkrautLacto-fermented cabbage
- pretzelKnotted salted bread
biergarten · schnitzel · oompah · polka · spaetzle · wurst · gemütlichkeit · strudel
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
colonization · immigration · emigration · resettlement · diaspora · ethnic Germans · integration · cultural adaptation · intermarriage · minority communities
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- etymologyWord origin study
cognate · neologism · orthography · phonology · morphology · syntax · vocabulary · bilingualism · translation · umlaut
Reich
German word for empire
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- unificationMerging into one entity
- BismarckPrussia's unifying statesman
centralization · confederation · nation-building · territorial expansion · hegemony · statecraft
lederhosen
Traditional German leather shorts
- dirndlAlpine peasant dress
- bratwurstGerman minced-pork sausage
- sauerkrautLacto-fermented cabbage
pretzel · biergarten · schnitzel · oompah · polka · spaetzle · wurst · gemütlichkeit · strudel · glockenspiel
Germanizingcultural preservation
Protecting community traditions and artifacts
indigenizing · cultural resistance · localizing · decolonizing · cultural reclamation
Germany, German, Germanic, Germanize, Germanized, Germanization, Germanizes, Germanness