Germanize

English Alternative forms en Germanise UK Etymology en :af German -ize + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒɝmənaɪz/ GenAm en /ˈdʒɜːmənaɪz/ RP en Ger man ize Verb en transitive To give a German character to (something). to Germanize a province, a language, or a society en 1751 Benjamin Franklin Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. Why should Pennsylvania become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion? en Jewish Music: Its Historical Development Abraham Zevi Idelsohn 1929 183 In the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence. en intransitive To adopt German customs or culture. Derived terms en Germanizer Related terms en Germanization Translations make more German Arabic: ar أَلْمَنَ Czech: cs germanizovat, cs poněmčovat, cs poněmčit Danish: da fortyske, da germanisere Dutch: nl verduitsen Esperanto: eo germanigi Finnish: fi saksalaistaa French: fr germaniser Georgian: ka აგერმანულებს, ka გააგერმანულებს, ka გერმანიზაციას უწევს, ka გერმანიზაციას გაუწევს German: de eindeutschen, de germanisieren Italian: it germanizzare Kazakh: kk немістендіру Kyrgyz: ky немистештирүү Malay: ms menjermankan Polish: pl germanizować, pl niemczyć, pl zniemczać Romanian: ro germaniza Slovak: sk germanizovať Swedish: sv förtyska Turkish: tr Almanlaştırmak Vietnamese: vi Đức hóa, vi Đức hoá en Germany German