Germanize

American  

[jur-muh-nahyz] / ˈdʒɜr məˌnaɪz /

especially British, Germanise

verb (used with or without object)

Germanized, Germanizing

1. to make or become German in character, sentiment, etc.

2. Archaic. to translate into German.

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Germanize British  

/ ˈdʒɜːməˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc

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Other Word Forms

• Germanization noun
• Germanizer noun
• anti-Germanization noun
• de-Germanize verb
• pro-Germanization noun

Etymology

Origin of Germanize

First recorded in 1590–1600; German + -ize

Example Sentences

The Nazi occupiers intended to destroy Poland as a nation, to Germanize a large chunk of the country and to turn the rest of it into a German agricultural colony.

From Washington Post

She would soon Germanize her name to Melania Knauss and become an international model.

From New York Times

Even Benjamin Franklin worried that German immigrants would be unable to assimilate, and would “Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them.”

From Washington Times

Though the English base part of the defence of armaments on the plea that, economic interest apart, they desire to live their own life in their own way, to develop in their own fashion, do they not run some danger that with this mania for the imitation of German method they may Germanize England, though never a German soldier land on their soil?

From Project Gutenberg

"Who is at this moment seeking to Germanize his estates," interposed the princess, gravely.

From Project Gutenberg