german
adjective
having the same father and mother, as a full brother or sister (usually used in combination).
pseudo-German
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a word derived from
German.
Example Sentences
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Pulling themselves together the two pseudo-German officers swaggered boldly into the village.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
This term derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
Our universities are fast adopting the German or pseudo-German idea that an advanced education consists merely in mastering the subject one may choose to pursue.
From An American at Oxford by John Corbin
