German-speaking love

German-speaking

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective able to communicate in the German language.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective able to communicate in German

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Examples

  • Our house sat in a redwood forest populated by bobcats, mushrooms, and what my German-speaking grandmother thrillingly referred to as Wildschweinen, “wild pigs,” disappointingly called “boar” in English.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Our house sat in a redwood forest populated by bobcats, mushrooms, and what my German-speaking grandmother thrillingly referred to as Wildschweinen, “wild pigs,” disappointingly called “boar” in English.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • All of the German-speaking festivals thrive on the sort of food that makes schnitzel seem the lite option.

    Eat, Drink and Be Entertained Paul Levy 2011

  • A point must be made as to German-speaking linguistic areas, as opposed to just Germany de jure.

    Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas 2010

  • To be born Hungarian and Jewish and German-speaking is to start at a slightly odd angle to the world.

    The Zealot 2009

  • Now, the watchword is evolution, with a series of impressive productions earning the house Jahrbuch Opernwelt's prize for Opera House of the Year 2011—the first time it has been awarded outside of a German-speaking country.

    From Revolution to Evolution Frances Robinson 2012

  • [2] Müller, born in a German-speaking village in Romania, writes almost exclusively about life in that country under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauescu.

    A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller » Print 2009

  • They got the Rhineland and Westphalia after the Congress of Vienna, which vastly strengthened them vis a vis Austria (Vienna was the traditional center of power for the German-speaking world, seeing as it was the capital for the Hapsburg and predecessor Holy Roman Empire).

    Matthew Yglesias » The Fall of Poland 2010

  • Müller, born in a German-speaking village in Romania, writes almost exclusively about life in that country under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauescu.

    Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

  • I don't speak German, but I have (old) technophobic German-speaking relatives around here, as well as relatives in Germany who don't speak anything but German.

    Gmail Labs Automatically Translates Your Email | Lifehacker Australia 2009

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