Germanist

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”). By surface analysis, German +‎ -ist, doublet of Germanicist. === Noun === Germanist (plural Germanists) (humanities; dated) A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures. [from late 19th c.] Synonym: Germanicist Coordinate terms: Romanist, Slavist (humanities) A person who specializes in the German language, literature and/or culture of the German-speaking world. [from late 19th c.] Coordinate terms: Anglicist, Scandinavicist, Netherlandist, Yiddishist ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Germanist (comparative more Germanist, superlative most Germanist) (historiography, law) Pertaining to the school of thought which downplays or denies the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, highlighting the role of external influences and innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire. Antonyms: Romanist, continuity ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === emigrants, man-tigers, mastering, remasting, rematings, streaming == German == === Etymology === german(isch) (“Germanic”) +‎ -ist or Latin germān(icus) (“Germanic”) +‎ -ist, formed by analogy with Romanist (“scholar of Roman law or culture”); later expanded to designate the study of Germanic languages (in the broad sense) or German (narrow sense). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛʁmaˈnɪst/ Hyphenation: Ger‧ma‧nist === Noun === Germanist m (weak, genitive Germanisten, plural Germanisten, feminine Germanistin) (law) A scholar of or proponent of Germanic law, especially one emphasising a distinction to Roman law. [from mid 19th c.] Coordinate term: Romanist (humanities; dated) Germanist: A person who studies the Germanic languages and/or the associated literatures and cultures; a Germanicist. [from at least 1843] Coordinate terms: Baltist, Indogermanist, Gräzist, Latinist, Romanist, Slawist (humanities) Germanist: A person who specialises in the German language and/or literature of the German-speaking world. [from late 19th c.] Jürgen Enders, Lutz Bornmann, Regressionsanalyse zur Vorhersage der Bearbeitungsdauer der Dissertation nach Promotionsfach, 2001 Coordinate terms: Anglist, Skandinavist, Niederlandist, Frisist, Jiddist ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Germanist” in Duden online