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Meaning of germana | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ɡerˈmana

Definitions

  1. characteristic of the Proto-Germanic language and its descendants, Germanic
  2. German (of or pertaining to Germany, the German people, or the German language)
  3. characteristic of the ancient Germanic tribes, Teutonic
  4. clipping of la germana lingvo (“the German language”)
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Equivalents

Bosanski German
English German Germanic
Hrvatski German
Српски German

Examples

“Tiuj kolonianoj parolis ne la gaelan sed la ĝermanan (ne keltan) idiomon de sudokcidenta Skotlando, kiu devenas plejparte de la dialektoj de la angloj, ne de la saksoj, kiuj estis la ĉefa originala bazo de la hodiaŭa normigita angla.”

These colonists did not speak Gaelic, but the Germanic (not Celtic) lect of Southwest Scotland, which is derived mostly from the dialects of the English, not of the Saxons, which was the main original basis of modern standard English.

“Kelkaj el ŝiaj antaŭuloj estis ĝermanaj sklavoj, kvankam ambaŭ ŝiaj gepatroj estis civitanoj.”

Some of her predecessors were Germanic slaves, although both of her parents were citizens.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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