Germanisticadj.
/ˌdʒəːməˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌdʒərməˈnɪstɪk/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germanists; of or relating to Germanic languages and antiquities. Occasionally also: tending to support or favour Germany and things German.
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Germanic1711
Teutonic1728
Tudesque1801
Teutonesque1840
Germanistic1848
1848 Sharpe's London Mag. 5 269 Oh, visionary, Germanistic, fanciful, unpractical Harry Freeman!
1881 Athenæum 30 July 143/2 The second volume of the admirable Jahresbericht on Germanistic philology..has reached us.
1883 American 6 313 Cheap Germanistic texts.
1906 Zion's Herald 3 Jan. 28/3 Prof. Friedrich Dielitzsch [sic] of the University of Berlin, the eminent Assyriologist, will deliver in January three free lectures in the Horace Mann school, in German. The lectures are to be given under the auspices of the newly formed Germanistic Society of America.
1909 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 4 Nov. 1/7 Mr. Busch added that he had added $50,000 to his recent gift of $100,000 for the Germanistic museum at Harvard.
1965 Mod. Lang. Rev. 60 146 There is..nothing enigmatic about the book The Enigma of ‘Emilia Galotti’. It depressingly confirms D. J. Enright's recent strictures..on Germanistic studies.
2006 M. MacLeod & B. Mees Runic Amulets & Magic Objects vii. 175 It [sc. a horn with an inscription] is frequently quoted in Germanistic literature not merely for the impressive physical properties it once enjoyed, but also for its literary style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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