Germanophile

American  

[jer-man-uh-fahyl] / dʒərˈmæn əˌfaɪl /

noun

1. a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.

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Germanophile British  

/ dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə, dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl /

noun

1. a person having admiration for or devotion to Germany and the Germans

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Other Word Forms

• Germanophilia noun

Etymology

Origin of Germanophile

First recorded in 1860–65; Germano- + -phile

Example Sentences

Schenker, who was born in Galicia, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, was an ardent cultural Germanophile and given to dyspeptic diatribes.

From New York Times

A chapter on early Black Wagnerians includes that ardent Germanophile, W.E.B.

From Washington Post

“A Good German” relates the career of the ultraconservative 19th-century critic Wolfgang Menzel, who promulgated an intensely Germanophile literature that embraced xenophobia and racism.

From Washington Post

On Saturday, that opera, “Cassandra” by the Italian Germanophile composer Vittorio Gnecchi, receives a rare performance when the plucky Teatro Grattacielo presents it in concert at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater.

From New York Times

In Act I, he brought bullish intensity to a monstrously unmusical setting of Schiller’s “Freude Schöner Götterfunken,” the basis of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” which here figured as an ominous expression of the Germanophile leanings of the Victorian upper class.

From New York Times