germane

[ jer-meyn ]

adjective

1. closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:

   Please keep your statements germane to the issue.

   Synonyms: suited, apt, fitting, appropriate, apposite, applicable, related

2. Obsolete. closely related.

germane

/ dʒɜːˈmeɪn /

adjective

1. postpositiveusually foll byto related (to the topic being considered); akin; relevant

   an idea germane to the conversation

Derived Forms

• gerˈmaneness, noun
• gerˈmanely, adverb

Other Words From

• ger·manely adverb
• ger·maneness noun
• nonger·mane adjective
• unger·mane adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of germane¹

Variant of german

Word History and Origins

Origin of germane¹

variant of german ²

Example Sentences

That’s not actually very germane to the core design of the car, but it’s a necessary evil to specify the car.

From MIT Technology Review

So the question of real-world impact was just not germane at all.

From Singularity Hub 

The app said some other things that didn’t seem germane, and I turned it off, for once in my life satisfied with what I had.

From Washington Post

So perhaps the show’s most germane aspect is not the towering scale of its largest pieces, but its collaboration of techniques.

From Washington Post

Germane and relevant in their way, but wielding a different methodology.

From The Daily Beast

The captions have that jarring omniscient-narrator tone germane to tabloids.

From The Daily Beast

But he already repulses me for other reasons that are far more germane to the presidency.

From The Daily Beast

Certain to avoid talking politics in front of the hypersensitive cameras, Boehner opted for the more germane.

From The Daily Beast

That means his character and beliefs are more germane to her candidacy than those of other political spouses.

From The Daily Beast

The subject assigned me is incidental rather than germane to the work of this Congress.

From Project Gutenberg

The series of resolutions, as introduced by the honorable Senator from Mississippi, are germane one to the other.

From Project Gutenberg

Thou Germane prince of plants, each year to thee,Thousands of subjects grant a subsidy.

From Project Gutenberg

One is not the incident of the other, nor in any respect germane to the other.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a digression, but very germane to the matter in hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• applicable
• apropos
• apt
• pertinent
• relevant