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A German characteristic or feature, esp. in language (= Germanism, n. 1); a Germanic quality.
Teutonic (i.e. German) character or practice; a Teutonic expression; a Teutonism.
An idiom or mode of expression peculiar to or characteristic of the Teutonic languages, esp. of German; a Germanism.