germer
French, verb/ʒɛʁ.me/
germer is spelled G-E-R-M-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Germer is a French verb meaning “to germinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pousser son germe au dehors, en parlant d’une semence ou d’une spore”.
What does germer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to germinate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pousser son germe au dehors, en parlant d’une semence ou d’une spore. 2. Se montrer en germe en parlant de plantes. 3. Se développer, s’accroître, produire ses effets.
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 germer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- germant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- germé participle past
- germe first-person indicative present
- germes indicative present second-person
- germons first-person indicative plural
- germez indicative plural present
- germent indicative plural present
- germais first-person imperfect indicative
- germait imperfect indicative singular
- germions first-person imperfect indicative
- germiez imperfect indicative plural
- germaient imperfect indicative plural
- germai first-person historic indicative
- germas historic indicative past
- germa historic indicative past
- germâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce germer?
- /ʒɛʁ.me/
- \ʒɛʁ.me\
- [ʒɛʁ.me]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to germer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is germer in French?
germer appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).