Germanophobe

American  

[jer-man-uh-fohb] / dʒərˈmæn əˌfoʊb /

noun

1. a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.

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Germanophobe British  

/ dʒɜːˈmænəˌfəʊb /

noun

1. a person who hates Germany or its people

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Other Word Forms

• Germanophobia noun

Etymology

Origin of Germanophobe

First recorded in 1910–15; Germano- + -phobe

Example Sentences

For, as every Germanophobe knows, Hitler was a Wagner fan.

From The Guardian

Rebecca West, a Germanophobe British writer of the interwar period, called it “monstrous”.

From Economist

Hitler's V�lkischer Beobachter: "The Germanophobe Ickes belongs to that group in the Washington Cabinet that . . . seeks to put Roosevelt in the foreground of their dark machinations."

From Time Magazine Archive

I still hold to my view that Mr. Wilson made a real effort to maintain the observance of a strict neutrality; but the decisive factor was that he found himself, as a result of his efforts, in increasing measure in conflict with the overwhelming Germanophobe sentiment of the people, and continually exposed to the reproach put forward in the Eastern States that he was a pro-German.

From Project Gutenberg

The rules, as they stand, decreed that Lody had to be shot, but, if he could have received the treatment which brave men have a right to demand all the world over, I do not believe that even the most rabid Germanophobe would in his heart have been sorry.

From Project Gutenberg