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Germanize

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Ger·man·ize  (jûrm-nz)
v. Ger·man·ized, Ger·man·iz·ing, Ger·man·iz·es
v.tr.
1. To give a German quality to.
2. Archaic To translate into German.
v.intr.
To have or adopt German customs or attitudes.

German·i·zation (-m-n-zshn) n.
German·izer n.

Germanize, Germanise [ˈdʒɜːməˌnaɪz]
vb
to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc.
Germanization , Germanisation n
Germanizer , Germaniser n
Translations
Germanize
vtgermanisieren; wordeindeutschen


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Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglicizing them," Franklin wrote.
Bismarck by the realisation of the Austro-Hungarian problems of different nationalities within one state, tried to Germanize the state''s national minorities, situated mainly in the borders of the empire, such as the Danes in the North of Germany, the French of Alsace-Lorraine and the Poles in the East of Germany.
Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them?
 
 
 
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