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Alsatian vs German - What's the difference?

alsatian | german |

As a noun alsatian

is (dated) english name for a breed of dog called german shepherd until the first world war, changed at that time due to anti-german sentiment still commonly used in britain.

As a proper noun german is

a german, teuton.

alsatian

English

(wikipedia Alsatian)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to Alsace

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Alsace
  • (AU, NZ, British, dated US) English name for a breed of dog called German shepherd until the first World War, changed at that time due to anti-German sentiment.

    • Alternative forms

    * alsatian

    Usage notes

    This word can be used with an uppercase or lowercase first letter.

    Synonyms

    * (dog) alsatian, Alsatian shepherd, German shepherd

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language or dialect of Alsace

    • External links

    *

    References

    * The Macquarie Dictionary English words with optional capitalisation

    german

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation):

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
  • A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
  • A member of a Germanic tribe.
    • Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

    Synonyms

    * (member of the German ethnic group) Teuton * (member of the German ethnic group) Boche, Fritz, Hun, Jerry, Kraut (qualifier)

    Hypernyms

    * European

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small part of Belgium.
    • German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.

    Synonyms

    * (language) High German

    See also

    * (de) * Language list *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
  • * 2001 , Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany (ISBN 0765806924), page 31:
    • In Prussia, always the most progressive of the German states during the Weimar years and a stronghold of the two parties, Jews could be found in virtually all administrative departments .
  • Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
    • Her German husband has blond hair.
  • Of, in or relating to the German language.
    • We take German classes twice a week.
    Because the instructions were German , Yves couldn't read them.

    Synonyms

    * Teutonic

    Statistics

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    External links

    * Leo's German - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/home_e.html Department of Informatics of Technische Universität München *

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