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Definition of Germanism
1. Noun. A custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens.
Definition of Germanism
1. n. An idiom of the German language.
Definition of Germanism
1. Proper noun. The religion, culture and customs of the Germanic people (or tribes); ¹
2. Noun. A word or idiom of the German language (that has been borrowed by another language). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germanism
Literary usage of Germanism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"But however natural this assumption may be, it is far from being correct, for
Pan- germanism is by no means so new as it looks. ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Pan-germanism —Continued Pan-German scheme. Gustos. ... 346-52 Ag-O '16 Pan-germanism:
Its methods and its fruits. C: W. Super. ..."
3. German Trade and the War: Commercial and Industrual Conditions in War Time by Chauncey Depew Snow, Josef Jiří Král (1918)
"Pan-germanism reached its highest point during the reign of the Emperor William II,
... The votaries of pan-germanism appeal to German inclination for war; ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Lit Digest 50:852 Ap 10 '15 Where Pan-germanism and Pan-Slavism meet. World's Work
29:614-15 Ap '15 Bee also Dardanelles Churches See also Sophia, ..."
5. Gems (?) of German Thought by William Archer (1917)
"Treachery to germanism. 439. England is now showing on what feeble feet its
germanism rests, how unsound, how profoundly unworthy of the German Thought it ..."
6. The Anglo-German Commercial and Colonial Rivalry as a Cause of the Great War by Oscar Albert Marti (1917)
"The doctrine of Pan-germanism, briefly, is a dream of the restoration of the
empire of Charlemagne, built up and directed, it would seem, under the sway of ..."
7. The World in Revolt: A Psychological Study of Our Times by Gustave Le Bon (1921)
"That Pan-germanism is a religion endowed with the power bestowed by a mystic
faith is a matter that admits of no doubt. Yet this truth should be repeated, ..."
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