Ger´man|ness

Ger|man «JUR muhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. of Germany, its people, or their language.

2. written or spoken in the German language. Abbr: Ger.

–n.

1. a person born or living in Germany.

2. the language of Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland, especially High German.

╂[< Latin Germānus]

–Ger´man|ness, noun.

ger|man¹ «JUR muhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. having the same parents. Children of the same father or mother are brothers-german or sisters-german.

2. being a child of one's uncle or aunt. A cousin-german is a first cousin.

–n.

a brother, sister, or first cousin.

╂[< Old French germain < Latin germānus, related to germen, -inis sprout, bud]

ger|man² «JUR muhn», noun.

1. a dance with complicated steps and much changing of partners; cotillion.

2. a party at which it is danced.

╂[short for German cotillion]