Definition of german

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German (a.) Nearly related; closely akin.

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Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..
Saxon :: Saxon (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries..
Labial :: Labial (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178..
Kursaal :: Kursaal (n.) A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany..
Interim :: Interim (n.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.
Osnaburg :: Osnaburg (n.) A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg, Germany..
Hercynian :: Hercynian (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains..
German :: German (n.) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures..
Electress :: Electress (n.) The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
Rudolphine :: Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany..
Reichsstand :: Reichsstand (n.) A free city of the former German empire.
Guelf :: Guelf (n.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors..
Tellurism :: Tellurism (n.) An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence..
Aryan :: Aryan (a.) Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages..
Thuringian :: Thuringian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people..
Jungermanniae :: Jungermanniae (pl. ) of Jungermanni.
Amber Room :: Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans..
Schilling :: Schilling (n.) Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents..
Haiduck :: Haiduck (n.) Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts..
Platinoid :: Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.
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