Germane
German, noun[ɡɛʁˈmaːnə]
Germane is spelled G-E-R-M-A-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Germane is a German masculine noun meaning “Germanic, German (member of a Germanic tribe; male or unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Gesamtheit verschiedener Stämme aus Nord- und Mitteleuropa, die eine ähnliche Sprache (Germanisch)…”.
What does Germane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGermanic, German (member of a Germanic tribe; male or unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Gesamtheit verschiedener Stämme aus Nord- und Mitteleuropa, die eine ähnliche Sprache (Germanisch) verwendeten 2. ein Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Stammes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Germane
- Germanen genitive
- Germanin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Germane?
- [ɡɛʁˈmaːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Germane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Germane in German?
Germane appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).