ģermānis
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin Germānus, a term introduced by Julius Caesar from a Gaulish word for a group of tribes living in Northeastern Gaul (probably originally the name of one of these tribes). The original meaning was probably “neighbor” (cf. Old Irish gairm (“neighbor”)), or perhaps “noisy” (cf. Old Irish garim (“to shout”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
ģermānis m (2nd declension, feminine form: ģermāniete)
- (historical) (ancient) German; a member of one of the ancient Germanic peoples of primitive Germania
- es esmu ģermānis ― I am an ancient German
- romieši ģermāņus pazina labi ― the Romans knew the Germans (= Germanic people) well
- ģermāņi ap 1. gadsimtu dzīvoja plašās teritorijās starp Reinu un Vislu no rietumiem uz austrumiem ― the Germanic peoples around the 1st century (CE) lived over a wide terriotry between the Rhine and the Vistula from west to east
- (genitive plural) Germanic; pertaining to ancient Germans, their languages, and their modern descendants
- ģermāņu valodas ― the Germanic languages
- ģermāņu mitoloģija ― Germanic mythology
- ģermāņu ciltis ― Germanic tribes
Declension
Declension of ģermānis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ģermānis | ģermāņi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ģermāni | ģermāņus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ģermāņa | ģermāņu |
| dative (datīvs) | ģermānim | ģermāņiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ģermāni | ģermāņiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ģermānī | ģermāņos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | ģermāni | ģermāņi |