Ger·mano·phile
(ˌ)jər-ˈma-nə-ˌfī(-ə)l 
: approving or favoring the German people and their institutions and customs
: one that is Germanophile
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Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2022
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He is preoccupied by the Germanophile Ukrainian nationalism of the 1940s.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2022
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“Germanophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Germanophile. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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