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

See Examples For:

Teutonized

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 Moses, Montrose Jonas

Later writers identified them with the Cimbri of Jutland, who were probably Teutonized Celts, but this is a mere guess due to the similarity of name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

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 Gosse, Edmund

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 Dillon, Emile Joseph

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 Corbin, John