Teutonic
Americanadjective
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characteristic of or relating to the German people
Teutonic thoroughness
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of or relating to the ancient Teutons
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(not used in linguistics) of or relating to the Germanic languages
noun
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Example Sentences
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Warsaw had been asking for the return of the Teutonic Order archives since 1948.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
The eastern Baltic was one of the last corners of Europe to adopt writing and Christianity, Shiroukhov notes, converting at sword-point in the 1200s as part of a “northern Crusade” by Teutonic knights from Germany.
From Science Magazine ● May 16, 2024
Teutonic discipline, a robust health care system and the rollout of multiple vaccines — one of them homegrown — were meant to stave off a winter surge of the kind that hit Germany last year.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
To employ catchphrases from two Teutonic giants -- Heidi Klum and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Lifetime TV’s “Project Runway,” which wraps up its season this coming week, has bid auf Wiedersehen to Los Angeles for now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020
The decision to name his son Bahram Bahrami must have sprung from the same well of Teutonic Nihilism that led Stephen Kellner to choose Grover as my middle name.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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