German Definition
German
adj
- 1a. Belonging or relating to Germany, a federal republic in central Europe formed by the unification of West Germany and East Germany in 1990;
1b. Belonging or relating to its inhabitants or their language.
2. historical
- Belonging or relating to the country, state or republic of Germany in any of its various historical forms.
- 1. A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Germany.
2. The official language of Germany and Austria, and one of the official languages of Switzerland.
Info:
- 1. consonants
- ○ ch is pronounced /x/, as in Bach and the Scots pronunciation of loch; after i and e, it is pronounced with a sound between /x/ and /G/.
- ○ sch is pronounced /G/, as in Schumacher.
- ○.j is pronounced /j/, as in the name of the psychologist Jung.
- ○ w is pronounced /v/, as in auf Wiedersehen.
- ○ z is pronounced /ts/, as in Mozart.
- 2. vowels
- ○ ie is pronounced /i:/, as in auf Wiedersehen (so Riesling is / 'ri:slNE/, not /'raN-/).
- ○ ei is pronounced /aN/, as in Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
- ○ au is pronounced /AL/, as in Strauss.
- ○ aü is pronounced /CN/, so the first vowel in fraülein rhymes with the English vowel in coy, not in cow.
- ○ eu is also pronounced /CN/, as in Deutschland.
- ○ ö, sometimes written oe, is pronounced /M:/, as in Goethe.
- ○ ü, like the French u, is pronounced /y/, close to the common Scottish pronunciation of the vowel in words such as you and book.
- ○ u is close to the Standard English pronunciation of the vowel in words such as you and book.
german
adj
- 1. Characterized by having both parents the same.
- Example: brother german
- Example: cousin german
