Teutonize

American  

[toot-n-ahyz, tyoot-] / ˈtut nˌaɪz, ˈtjut- /

especially British, Teutonise

verb (used with or without object)

Teutonized, Teutonizing

1. to make or become Teutonic or German; Germanize.

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Teutonize British  

/ ˈtjuːtəˌnaɪz /

verb

1. to make or become German or Germanic; Germanize

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Other Word Forms

• Teutonization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Teutonize

First recorded in 1835–45; Teuton + -ize

Example Sentences

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Teutonized

The Saxons and the Angles overflowed and absorbed the land, and Keltic Britain was Teutonized.

From A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele

But his habit is formed as a producer, and he conforms the "new" art to this habit as completely as Reinhardt Reinhardtized the morality play, "Everyman," or Von Hofmannsthal Teutonized "Elektra."

From The Return of Peter Grimm by Montrose Jonas Moses

They showed themselves avid of every contribution which they could glean from any source to the work of national reorganization, and even in Teutonized Bolshevism they apparently found helpful hints of timely innovations.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

It was unfortunate for her genius that after her early enthusiasm for French culture she turned to Germany and became, in measure, like so many powerful minds of her generation, Teutonized.

From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse

He is speaking of the value, to teachers especially, of the peculiar fetich of Teutonized university instruction, the thesis, and of its liability to be of fictitious value.

From An American at Oxford by John Corbin