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to Germanize

to Germanize

1 7.9
To make a place or person more German by changing names, translating words and adopting German customs
  • verb
  • /ˈɡɜrməˌnaɪz/
: germanizar
  • Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, 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?

There's a lot of people trying to sort of, you know, anglicize or or Germanize Russia involved there.

Examples

  • There's a lot of people trying to sort of, you know, anglicize or or Germanize Russia involved there.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • That is, they speak with, you know, sort of Russianized or Germanized grammar, right?

  • The Pester Zeitung defended German-language schools: "I do not wish to Germanize anybody, I just do not want to Magyarize the Germans."

    Academic text (2016)

  • The Mallek brothers emigrated from the Prussian Partition with memories of the campaigns to Germanize the Poles.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The artist decided to Germanize her painting style by incorporating traditional German techniques.

  • To promote cultural harmony, the school aimed to Germanize the curriculum by including more German literature and history.

  • The documentary explores how the government attempted to Germanize the region through language classes and festivals.

How Germanized

to assimilate
47 6.1
to Germanize
1 7.9
to adapt
130 3.2
to borrow
64 2.6
to influence
545 2.2

Surface Forms

Germanize infinitive
Germanized past
Germanized past participle
Germanizing present participle
Germanizes third person singular

Morphology

Germanize = German (transparent) = German + ize

Formed by productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' meaning 'make or become', so the meaning is directly derived from 'German'.

Etymology

Germanize comes from German meaning the people or country, plus the ending -ize, which means 'to make', as in Americanize or modernize. So, to Germanize something is to make it more German in language, culture, or style.