"Germanize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɝmənaɪz/ [General-American], /ˈdʒɜːmənaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Germanizes [present, singular, third-person], Germanizing [participle, present], Germanized [participle, past], Germanized [past]
Etymology: German + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|German|ize}} German + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Germanize (third-person singular simple present Germanizes, present participle Germanizing, simple past and past participle Germanized)
  1. (transitive) To give a German character to (something). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): German Categories (place): Germany
    Sense id: en-Germanize-en-verb-AOymI-ap Disambiguation of German: 47 53 Disambiguation of Germany: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 48 52
  2. (intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): German Categories (place): Germany
    Sense id: en-Germanize-en-verb-vuW09evi Disambiguation of German: 47 53 Disambiguation of Germany: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Germanise [UK] Related terms: Germanization Translations (make more German): أَلْمَنَ (ʔalmana) (Arabic), germanizovat (Czech), poněmčovat (Czech), poněmčit (Czech), fortyske (Danish), germanisere (Danish), germanigi (Esperanto), saksalaistaa (Finnish), germaniser (French), eindeutschen (German), germanisieren (German), germanizzare (Italian), немістендіру (nemıstendıru) (Kazakh), немистештирүү (nemisteştirüü) (Kyrgyz), menjermankan (Malay), germanizować (Polish), niemczyć (Polish), zniemczać (Polish), germaniza (Romanian), germanizovať (Slovak), förtyska (Swedish), Almanlaştırmak (Turkish), Đức hóa (Vietnamese), Đức hoá (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'make more German': 47 53

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      "word": "germaniser"
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      "word": "germanisieren"
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      "sense": "make more German",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "make more German",
      "word": "Almanlaştırmak"
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      "sense": "make more German",
      "word": "Đức hóa"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "make more German",
      "word": "Đức hoá"
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