german
adjective
having the same father and mother, as a full brother or sister (usually used in combination).
half-German
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a word derived from
German.
Example Sentences
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The show’s researchers found that the actor’s mother and aunt were the children of the half-German baby.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
“All these countries I never thought I’d travel to — just to tell jokes. There are these half-German, half-Filipino kids who discovered me on the internet,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
Today, I shall go to the German embassy in London to sign the necessary forms so that my half-German sons may apply for dual citizenship.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2018
But when she rescues Sam, a half-German, half-Polish student filmmaker, from the sidewalk during a panic attack, she becomes his “emergency contact,” and he hers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
What we know, then, of Britain when it was re-civilized we know through Latin terms or through the half-German dialects which ultimately and much later merge into what we call Anglo-Saxon.
From Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" by Hilaire Belloc
