Germanist.
A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures.
Meaning & usage
A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures.
A person who specializes in the German language, literature and/or culture of the German-speaking world.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”). By surface analysis, German + -ist, doublet of Germanicist.
Pertaining to the school of thought which downplays or denies the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, highlighting the role of external influences and innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from German Germanist, along the model of earlier English Romanist (“scholar of Romance languages”). By surface analysis, German + -ist, doublet of Germanicist.
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