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ģermānis

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See also: germanis and Germanis

Latvian

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Ģermāņi

Etymology

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Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Germānus, a term introduced by Julius Caesar from a Gaulish word for a group of tribes living in Northeastern Gaul (probably originally the name of one of these tribes). Of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ģermānis m (2nd declension, feminine form: ģermāniete)

  1. (historical) (ancient) German; a member of one of the ancient Germanic peoples of primitive Germania
    es esmu ģermānisI am an ancient German
    romieši ģermāņus pazina labithe Romans knew the Germans (= Germanic people) well
    ģermāņi ap 1. gadsimtu dzīvoja plašās teritorijās starp Reinu un Vislu no rietumiem uz austrumiemthe Germanic peoples around the 1st century (CE) lived over a wide terriotry between the Rhine and the Vistula from west to east
  2. (genitive plural) Germanic; pertaining to ancient Germans, their languages, and their modern descendants
    ģermāņu valodasthe Germanic languages
    ģermāņu mitoloģijaGermanic mythology
    ģermāņu ciltisGermanic tribes

Declension

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See also

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