germānus

germān-us, germ-ānus, lat. 'brüderlich'; ‚leiblich, echt, wahr‘,

Von germen „Spross, Knospe“, möglicherweise für *germ(i)nānus. Nicht zu verwechseln mit dem nicht verwandten Germānus.

Adjektiv germānus (feminin germāna, sächlich germānum, Adverb germānē); Adjektiv erster/zweiter Deklination

1. von Brüdern oder Schwestern
2. voll, eigen
3. wahr, natürlich, authentisch
4. (poetisch) bezeichnet enge Freundschaft

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡerˈmaː.nus/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.nus/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːnus]
• Homophone: Germānus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	germānus	germāna	germānum		germānī	germānae	germāna
Genitive	germānī	germānae	germānī		germānōrum	germānārum	germānōrum
Dative	germānō		germānō		germānīs
Accusative	germānum	germānam	germānum		germānōs	germānās	germāna
Ablative	germānō	germānā	germānō		germānīs
Vocative	germāne	germāna	germānum		germānī	germānae	germāna

Descendants

• → Italian: germano
• → Old French: germain
  • French: germain
  • Norman: gèrmain
  • → English: germane, german
• → Portuguese: germano

Substantiv germānus m (Genitiv germānī, Femininum germāna); zweite Deklination

1. Bruder

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	germānus	germānī
Genitive	germānī	germānōrum
Dative	germānō	germānīs
Accusative	germānum	germānōs
Ablative	germānō	germānīs
Vocative	germāne	germānī