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germaniste

French, noun/ʒɛʁ.ma.nist/

germaniste is spelled G-E-R-M-A-N-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Germaniste is a French feminine noun meaning “Germanist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Spécialiste de la langue allemande, ou des langues germaniques”.

What does germaniste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineGermanist

adjective

  1. 1

    Germanist; Germanistic

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui étudie la langue allemande.

noun: 1. Spécialiste de la langue allemande, ou des langues germaniques. 2. Érudit ou érudite, férue de littérature ou de civilisation germanique.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of germaniste

  • germanistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce germaniste?

  • /ʒɛʁ.ma.nist/
  • \ʒɛʁ.ma.nist\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is germaniste in French?

germaniste appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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