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أَلْمانِيّ

German /ʔalˈmaː.niːj/

adjectiveB1#2021 most common

Also: a German (person), Germanic

Example sentences

هُوَ أَلْمانِيّ.
He is German.
عِنْدي صَديق أَلْمانِيّ.
I have a German friend.
أَنا أَدْرُس اللُّغة في مَعْهَد أَلْمانِيّ.
I study the language at a German institute.
اِشْتَرى سَيّارة مِن صُنْع أَلْمانِيّ.
He bought a car of German make.
يَعْمَل مُهَنْدِس أَلْمانِيّ في هٰذا المَشْروع الكَبير.
A German engineer works on this large project.
يَتَمَيَّز الاِقْتِصاد الأَلْمانِيّ بِقُوَّة صادِراتِهِ الصِّناعِيّة.
The German economy is distinguished by the strength of its industrial exports.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeأَلْمانِيٌّأَلْمانِيّونَ
Genitiveأَلْمانِيٍّأَلْمانِيّينَ
Accusativeأَلْمانِيًّاأَلْمانِيّينَ
Vocativeأَلْمانِيُّأَلْمانِيّونَ

Word family

أَلْمانِياGermany
أَلْمانِيّةGerman (feminine)
الأَلْمانِيّةthe German language
أَلْمانGermans (people)

Etymology

The word comes from Almāniyā, the Arabic name for Germany, plus the suffix -iyy that forms adjectives of relation. Almāniyā itself derives from the Latin Alemannia, the land of the Alemanni, a confederation of Germanic tribes. Several European languages took the country's name from the same source, including French Allemagne and Spanish Alemania.

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