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nounGermanistics (uncountable)
- rareuncountablehumanitiesGerman studies
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Origin
- GermanGermanistik
- EnglishGermanistics
Calque of German Germanistik. By surface analysis, German + -ist + -ics, or also by surface analysis, Germanist + -ics or also by surface analysis, German + -istics.
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statisticsneurolinguisticsanglisticsArabisticsBalkanisticsBohemisticsBulgaristicscasuisticscreolisticsfolkloristicsHebraisticsHispanisticsHungaristicsIranisticsItalianisticsjournalisticsKoreanisticsMacedonisticsmedievalisticsMongolisticsparalinguisticsPolonisticsRomanisticsSemitistics
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APA
Germanistics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Germanistics
MLA
“Germanistics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Germanistics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Germanistics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Germanistics.
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