(uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium. / A surname.

Of or relating to the nation of Germany. / Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent. / Of, in or relating to the German language.

A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Rhine, Elbe, and upper Danube Rivers in Central Europe, taken as a whole under its various governments.

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group. / (countable) An atom of this element.

An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant.

(historical) The German state which existed, with Berlin as its capital, between 1871 and 1918.

A large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog.

(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons). / (linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic. / Having German characteristics.

(history) A native of Germania.