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Germanistics

Germanistics noun: german studies.

Noun

Germanistics (uncountable)

  1. (rare, humanities) German studies

Origin of Germanistics

Calque of German Germanistik. By surface analysis, German + -ist + -ics, or also by surface analysis, Germanist + -ics or also by surface analysis, German + -istics.

Questions about Germanistics

What does Germanistics mean?
Germanistics means german studies.
What part of speech is Germanistics?
Germanistics is a noun.

Words near Germanistics in the dictionary

  1. Germanism
  2. Germanisms
  3. Germanist
  4. Germanistan
  5. Germanistic
  6. Germanistics
  7. Germanists
  8. germanite
  9. Germanity
  10. germanium
  11. germanium antimony telluride

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