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

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Etymology

Origin of Teutonize

First recorded in 1835–45; Teuton + -ize

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Example Sentences

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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 Montrose Jonas Moses

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

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

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

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

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