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). Of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ģermānis | ģermāņi |
| genitive | ģermāņa | ģermāņu |
| dative | ģermānim | ģermāņiem |
| accusative | ģermāni | ģermāņus |
| instrumental | ģermāni | ģermāņiem |
| locative | ģermānī | ģermāņos |
| vocative | ģermāni | ģermāņi |