anti-German
adjective
an·ti-Ger·man
ˌan-tē-ˈjər-mən 
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to or hostile toward German people, policies, or culture
anti-German sentiments
anti-German protests
Examples of anti-German in a Sentence
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Law and Justice used anti-German rhetoric and propaganda to mobilize certain parts of the Polish electorate, capitalizing on the public’s skepticism about Germany’s foreign policy choices, especially its treatment of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
Opened in 1865, Mecklenburg Gardens was one of the very few German beer gardens to survive Prohibition and the anti-German sentiment during and after World War II.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2024
France, left to itself, attempted to form the new and quarreling states in Central Europe into an anti-German alliance, but its attempts turned out to be as ill-fated as the Maginot Line in the west.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2019
Pon travels to New York with a single VW and some spare parts, but anti-German sentiment remains strong, and the trip is a disaster.
—Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
Fanning anti-German sentiment offers a way for Law and Justice to deflect blame for the blocked and much-needed E.U. relief funds and to rally some of its hard-right voters in anticipation of this fall’s election, which is expected to be close.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
Reading Sebald in a German context, and knowing his criticism as well as his fiction, yields a different picture: that of an incorrigible provocateur who never let the facts get in the way of a good anti-German polemic.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
Man Mountain always topped the bill himself, a perfect villain, fighting under his own name as well as that of Fred Volnick, Fred Volrich and, to play off anti-German sentiment following World War II, Ivan Popoff.
—Thallman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
This irritation with the Germans over defense issues has been useful to the Polish government in drumming up anti-German indignation domestically.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
Opened in 1865, Mecklenburg Gardens was one of the very few German beer gardens to survive Prohibition and the anti-German sentiment during and after World War II.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2024
France, left to itself, attempted to form the new and quarreling states in Central Europe into an anti-German alliance, but its attempts turned out to be as ill-fated as the Maginot Line in the west.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2019
Pon travels to New York with a single VW and some spare parts, but anti-German sentiment remains strong, and the trip is a disaster.
—Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
Fanning anti-German sentiment offers a way for Law and Justice to deflect blame for the blocked and much-needed E.U. relief funds and to rally some of its hard-right voters in anticipation of this fall’s election, which is expected to be close.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
Reading Sebald in a German context, and knowing his criticism as well as his fiction, yields a different picture: that of an incorrigible provocateur who never let the facts get in the way of a good anti-German polemic.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
Man Mountain always topped the bill himself, a perfect villain, fighting under his own name as well as that of Fred Volnick, Fred Volrich and, to play off anti-German sentiment following World War II, Ivan Popoff.
—Thallman, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
This irritation with the Germans over defense issues has been useful to the Polish government in drumming up anti-German indignation domestically.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1846, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near anti-German
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“Anti-German.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-German. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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