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

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

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2016

His rulers had tried to educate him, they had tried to Germanize him and to teach him "to embrace a Saxon because he was the other half of an Anglo-Saxon."

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

The Germans, in their effort to affect certain charming English customs and Germanize them, in the process lose the charm.

From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by Barney, J. Stewart (John Stewart)

The same measures were taken to Germanize Cracow during the Austrian administration; but when in 1815 Cracow became a free city, it parted with all its German professors, and became again a genuine Polish university.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

Any interference with the use of German would be a serious blow to the cause of those who hoped to Germanize the whole empire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various