Germ

From germ, as first syllable of German.

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Germ (plural Germs)

1. (UK, slang, derogatory) a German person.

From Middle High German gërwe, gërwen, from the verb gëren, variant of jesen and gësen (whence gärn and German gären), from Old High German jesan, from Proto-Germanic *jesaną (and possibly *jazjaną), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yes- (“to well, seethe, foam, ferment”). Related to English yeast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥e̞ɐ̯m/

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1. yeast

• Hefn, Hepfa, Hepfn

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɡɛʁm/, /ɡɛɐ̯m/
• (Austria) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɛɐ̯m/

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Germ n or f (mixed, genitive Germs, plural Germen)

1. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern German, generally uncountable) yeast

   Synonym: Hefe

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• Germknödel
• Germstriezel
• Germteig

• “Germ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Germ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Germ” in Duden online