"Germanist" meaning in English

See Germanist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Germanist [comparative], most Germanist [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”). By surface analysis, German + -ist, doublet of Germanicist. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Germanist}} Borrowed from German Germanist, {{m+|en|Romanist|t=scholar of Romance languages}} English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”), {{surf|en|German|-ist}} By surface analysis, German + -ist, {{dbt|en|Germanicist|nocap=1}} doublet of Germanicist Head templates: {{en-adjective}} Germanist (comparative more Germanist, superlative most Germanist)
  1. (historiography, law) Pertaining to the school of thought which downplays or denies the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, highlighting the role of external influences and innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire. Categories (topical): Historiography, Law Translations (Translations): germanistisch (German)
    Sense id: en-Germanist-en-adj-1RnFbY~K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 43 37 Topics: historiography, history, human-sciences, law, sciences

Noun

Forms: Germanists [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”). By surface analysis, German + -ist, doublet of Germanicist. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Germanist}} Borrowed from German Germanist, {{m+|en|Romanist|t=scholar of Romance languages}} English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”), {{surf|en|German|-ist}} By surface analysis, German + -ist, {{dbt|en|Germanicist|nocap=1}} doublet of Germanicist Head templates: {{en-noun}} Germanist (plural Germanists)
  1. (humanities; dated) A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Humanities Synonyms: Germanicist Translations (person who studies Germanic languages and cultures): germanista [masculine] (Czech), germanist [masculine] (Dutch), germanisti (Finnish), germaniste [feminine, masculine] (French), Germanist [masculine] (German), Germanistin [feminine] (German), germanista (Hungarian), germanista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), германи́ст (germaníst) [masculine] (Russian), германи́стка (germanístka) [feminine] (Russian), germanist [common-gender] (Swedish), germavan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), higermavan [masculine] (Volapük), jigermavan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-Germanist-en-noun-TD3DIQua Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 25 44 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 42 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 30 19 9 13 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 31 19 10 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 44 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 45 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 45 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 45 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 43 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 44 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of 'person who studies Germanic languages and cultures': 72 28
  2. (humanities) A person who specialises in the German language, literature and/or culture of the German-speaking world. Categories (topical): Humanities
    Sense id: en-Germanist-en-noun-deMm1yTZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 43 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 32 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Germanism, Germanistics, Germanize, Germano-, Indogermanist, Nostraticist, Slavicist

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germanista"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germanist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "word": "germanisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germaniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Germanist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Germanistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "word": "germanista"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germanista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "germaníst",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "германи́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "germanístka",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "германи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "germanist"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "germavan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "higermavan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who studies Germanic languages and cultures",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jigermavan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Germanist"
}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations",
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  ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
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        {
          "word": "Romanist"
        },
        {
          "word": "continuity"
        }
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          "ref": "2005 [1995], “The Barbarian invasions”, in The New Cambridge Medieval History (The New Cambridge Medieval History), volume 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "The Germanist view also led to the description of post-Roman lawcodes as Germanic law, and, in archeology, to the new types of rural settlement which replaced the old Roman villas being called 'Germanic', and to the new burial forms, like furnished inhumation (with grave-goods), similarly being ascribed to Germanic influence.",
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      ],
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        "Pertaining to the school of thought which downplays or denies the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, highlighting the role of external influences and innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire."
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        "(historiography, law) Pertaining to the school of thought which downplays or denies the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, highlighting the role of external influences and innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire."
      ],
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        "historiography",
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        "human-sciences",
        "law",
        "sciences"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "germanistisch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Germanist"
}

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