German vs Endonym - What's the difference?
german | endonym |
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.
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. For example, Deutsche'' is the endonym of a people known in English as ''German and Mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as Araucanos.
As nouns the difference between german and endonym
is that german is (obsolete) a near relative or german can be an elaborate round dance, often with a waltz movement while endonym is 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 for example, deutsche'' is the endonym of a people known in english as ''german and mapuche is the endonym for the people referred to by outsiders as araucanos.As a adjective german
is having the same mother and father; a full (brother or sister).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*