Germ

See also: germ, germ., and Germ.

English

Etymology

Clipping of German, from the phonetic similarity to germ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Germ (plural Germs)

1. (UK, slang, derogatory) a German person.

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German gërwe, gërwen, from the verb gëren, variant of jesen and gësen (whence gärn and German gären), from Old High German jesan, from Proto-Germanic *jesaną (and possibly *jazjaną), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Related to English yeast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥e̞ɐ̯m/

Noun

Germ f or m (plural Germ)

1. yeast

Synonyms

• Hefn, Hepfa, Hepfn

German

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɡɛʁm/, /ɡɛɐ̯m/
• (Austria) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɛɐ̯m/

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Noun

Germ n or f (mixed, genitive Germs, plural Germen)

1. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, generally uncountable) yeast

   Synonym: Hefe

Declension

Declension of Germ [neuter // feminine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	das, die	Germ	die	Germen
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Germs	der	Germen
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Germ	den	Germen
accusative	ein, eine	das, die	Germ	die	Germen

Derived terms

• Germknödel
• Germstriezel
• Germteig

Further reading

• “Germ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Germ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Germ” in Duden online