Gearmáin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Germáin, from Latin Germānia.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟaɾˠəˈmˠɑːnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠaːnʲ/

Proper noun

An Ghearmáin f (genitive na Gearmáine)

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhme na Gearmáine)

Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Gearmáin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Gearmáin vocative a Ghearmáin genitive Gearmáine dative Gearmáin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Ghearmáin genitive na Gearmáine dative leis an nGearmáin don Ghearmáin

Derived terms

• an Ghearmáin Thiar (“West Germany”)
• an Ghearmáin Thoir (“East Germany”)
• Gearmáinis f (“German (language)”)
• Gearmánach (“German”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gearmáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Gearmáin	Ghearmáin	nGearmáin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Germany”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gearmáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm