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n. - Language or person of a Central European country.

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  • My written German is terrible, but I love reading in German and I will try and track this one down.
  • We meet at Krakow, then on through what they call the German states. '
  • It is true, since the war broke out, they have taken all sorts of precautions against what they call German spies.
  • M. Savarin treated this theory with the mockery with which the French wit is ever apt to treat what it terms German mysticism.
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  • That each victim had a "german" (close relative like a sibling or cousin) with connections to the "German" (of Germany) mafia was "germane" (relevant) to the thriller's plot.
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