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/al.mɑ̃/

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Translation

German; as a noun, the German language

Word origin

From Latin Alemanni, the Roman name for a confederation of Germanic peoples settled along the upper Rhine. French took its word for the whole country and language from that one tribal group, which is why it differs from English 'German'.

Origin
Latin
Root
Alemanni

Grammar

Feminineallemande
Masc pluralallemands
Fem pluralallemandes

Examples

' .

My car is German and it has never broken down.

l' l' .

He has been learning German since the age of twelve.

week-end .

We spent a weekend in a German village near the border.

grammaire , .

German grammar frightens people, wrongly.

traduit .

She translates German novels into French.

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This word is part of lesson 27.