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Germanise

Germanise is the alternative form of Germanize.

Meaning of Germanize

Verb

Germanize (third-person singular simple present Germanizes, present participle Germanizing, simple past and past participle Germanized)

  1. (transitive) To give a German character to (something).
    • to Germanize a province, a language, or a society
  2. (intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture.

Forms of Germanise

third-person singular presentGermanises
present participleGermanising
past participleGermanised
pastGermanised

Origin of Germanise

From German + -ise.

Questions about Germanise

What is Germanise the alternative form of?
Germanise is the alternative form of Germanize.

Words near Germanise in the dictionary

  1. Germanifies
  2. Germanify
  3. Germanifying
  4. germanin
  5. Germanisation
  6. Germanise
  7. Germanised
  8. Germaniser
  9. Germanisers
  10. Germanises
  11. Germanish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Germanise (page history and authors); Germanize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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