"Germanist" meaning in German

See Germanist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡɛʁmaˈnɪst/ Audio: De-Germanist.ogg
Etymology: german(isch) (“Germanic”) + -ist or Latin germān(icus) (“Germanic”) + -ist, formed by analogy with Romanist (“scholar of Roman law or culture”); later expanded to designate the study of Germanic languages (in the broad sense) or German (narrow sense). Etymology templates: {{affix|de|germanisch|-ist|alt1=german(isch)|t1=Germanic}} german(isch) (“Germanic”) + -ist, {{affix|de|germānicus|-ist|alt1=germān(icus)|lang1=la|t1=Germanic}} Latin germān(icus) (“Germanic”) + -ist Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} Germanist m (weak, genitive Germanisten, plural Germanisten, feminine Germanistin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Germanisten [genitive], Germanisten [plural], Germanistin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Germanist [nominative, singular], Germanisten [definite, nominative, plural], Germanisten [genitive, singular], Germanisten [definite, genitive, plural], Germanisten [dative, singular], Germanisten [dative, definite, plural], Germanisten [accusative, singular], Germanisten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (law) A scholar of or proponent of Germanic law, especially one emphasising a distinction to Roman law. Tags: masculine, weak Coordinate_terms: Romanist
    Sense id: en-Germanist-de-noun-xbnAJzFG Categories (other): Law Topics: law
  2. (humanities; dated) Germanist: A person who studies the Germanic languages and/or the associated literatures and cultures; a Germanicist. Tags: dated, masculine, weak Coordinate_terms: Baltist, Indogermanist, Gräzist, Latinist, Romanist, Slawist
    Sense id: en-Germanist-de-noun-jlV26hcx Categories (other): Humanities
  3. (humanities) Germanist: A person who specialises in the German language and/or literature of the German-speaking world. Tags: masculine, weak Coordinate_terms: Anglist, Skandinavist, Niederlandist, Frisist, Jiddist
    Sense id: en-Germanist-de-noun-ULSDDEkf Categories (other): Humanities, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ist, People Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 18 20 62 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ist: 18 25 58 Disambiguation of People: 0 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Germanistik, germanistisch Related terms: Germane, Germania, Germanien, germanisch, Germanisieren, Germanismus

Inflected forms

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