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- german ['ʤ3ːmən]
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n
[US]
a dance consisting of complicated figures and changes of partners
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n
[Etymology]
C19: shortened from German cotillion
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1.
n
[US]
a dance consisting of complicated figures and changes of partners
- german ['ʤ3ːmən]
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adj
having the same parents as oneself
- a brother-german
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adj
having a parent that is a brother or sister of either of one's own parents
- cousin-german
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adj
a less common word for germane
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adj
[Etymology]
C14: via Old French germain, from Latin germ
a nus of the same race, from germen sprout, offshoot
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1.
adj
having the same parents as oneself
Examples
- Masterpiece is a calque from German meisterstück.masterpiece
- (杰作)是德语meisterstück的仿造词 → calque
- English apple and German apfel are cognate words.
- 英语的 apple 和德语的 apfel 是同源词(或同根词)。 → cognate
- Franco-German
- 法德的 → Franco-
- A cousin-german is a first cousin
- 同祖父母(或外祖父母)的兄弟(或姐妹)，是堂(或表)兄弟(或姐妹) → german
- a brother-german
- 嫡亲兄弟 → german
- The German verb is postponed.
- 德语动词放在句末。 → postpone
- the German word "ja" means "yes"
- 德语的“ja”表示“是的” → mean
- She has some knowledge of German.
- 她懂一些德语。 → knowledge
- When I was a child, my father gave me an old German Mark and told me that one day he would take me there.
- 我小的时候，爸爸给我了一张很旧的德国马克，还说总有一天他会带我去德国。 → mark
- German troops occupied Paris during World War II.
- 二战期间德军占领了巴黎。 → Paris
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