german
part of speech
adjective (German); noun (German = the language; a German, Germans = people of Germany)
meaning for a pupil
1) German is the language of Germany; it is also spoken in Austria and Switzerland. tree →
2) German means from Germany: a German car, German bread. tree →
3) A German is a person from Germany. tree →
sense in the lessons
a school subject or language group; pupils counted; in geography: Germany is in Europe and its capital is Berlin; in everyday life: words that came from German, like kindergarten and hamburger; phrases: «speak German», «German class», «German shepherd» (a dog)
examples
- 10 pupils learn German. tree →
- The German class has 18 children. tree →
- He knows 50 German words. tree →
- How many more learn French than German? tree →
- «Danke» means thank you in German. tree →
- Kindergarten is a German word. tree →
- Our neighbour has a German shepherd dog. tree →
- Berlin is the capital of Germany. tree →
- Then she spoke to him in German. tree →
note
Groups may overlap with other languages. «How many more learn French than German» means subtract. Always a capital G: German. Trap: «germ» (a tiny bug) is a different word.
In the corpora
- By day two he's teamed up with two German kids using hand signals: only children often learn to make friends fast.
- Nobody in 1300 called it the Silk Road: a German geographer, Ferdinand von Richthofen, invented the name in 1877.
- The name "Silk Road" was invented by a German geographer, Ferdinand von Richthofen, in 1877.
- In 1517 Martin Luther, a German monk, criticised the Church for selling forgiveness, and printing spread his ideas quickly.
- Reformers translated the Bible from Latin into German, English and other languages so ordinary people could read it themselves.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «german» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.