German vs Autonym - What's the difference?
german | autonym |
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.
An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small part of Belgium.
Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
* 2001 , Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany (ISBN 0765806924), page 31:
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
Of, in or relating to the German language.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
A work published under the author's true name."Autonym", OED 2nd ed.
* 1900 , Mr. Barnwell, "Cataloging Roundtable", in Library Journal , page 157
As a proper noun german
is a german, teuton.As a noun autonym is
(taxonomy) an infraspecific name in which the species epithet is repeated.german
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Noun
(en noun)- 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
* EuropeanProper noun
(en proper noun)- German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
Synonyms
* (language) High GermanSee also
* (de) * Language list *Adjective
(en adjective)- 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 .
- Her German husband has blond hair.
- We take German classes twice a week.
- Because the instructions were German , Yves couldn't read them.
Synonyms
* TeutonicStatistics
*External links
*Leo's German - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/home_e.html Department of Informatics of Technische Universität München*
Anagrams
* * * ----autonym
English
(wikipedia autonym)Noun
(en noun)- Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans .
- As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym' let the ' autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the fact be stated.