anti-German
anti-German adjective: against Germans or Germany.
Adjective
anti-German
- Against Germans or Germany.
- The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.2013 November, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288
Origin of anti-German
From anti- + German.
Words formed from anti-German
- anti-Germanism
Questions about anti-German
- What does anti-German mean?
- Anti-German means against Germans or Germany.
- What part of speech is anti-German?
- Anti-German is an adjective.
Words near anti-German in the dictionary
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