Meanings
adjective
- Against Germans or Germany.
The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.
2013 November 28, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288
Origin
Translations
Czech protiněmecký, antiněmecké
- protiněmeckýagainst Germans or Germany
- antiněmeckéagainst Germans or Germany
Dutch anti-Duits
- anti-Duitsagainst Germans or Germany
French anti-allemand
- anti-allemandagainst Germans or Germany
German antideutsch, deutschfeindlich
- antideutschagainst Germans or Germany
- deutschfeindlichagainst Germans or Germany
Polish antyniemiecki
- antyniemieckiagainst Germans or Germany
Russian антинеме́цкий, антигерма́нский
- антинеме́цкий (antineméckij)against Germans or Germany
- антигерма́нский (antigermánskij)against Germans or Germany
Swedish antitysk
- antityskagainst Germans or Germany
Cite this entry
APA
anti-German. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-German
MLA
“anti-German.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-German. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-German,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-German.
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