Examples of Teutonic in a Sentence
Adjective
a Teutonic commitment to hard work
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Materials are excellent, with available Nappa leather, clean design lines, and a general sense of restraint that feels more Teutonic than mainstream.
—New Atlas, 7 May 2026
The Easter egg hunt of today and the Easter bunny may have evolved from the myth of Ostara, a Teutonic goddess of spring, who had a hare scatter birds' eggs over the countryside for children to collect and take home.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Klinsmann had relocated to live in California and fused a helicopter- flying, management- consultant- speak LA vibe to his natural Teutonic meticulousness.
—Roger Bennett, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Once cataloged, items were confiscated with typical Teutonic efficiency and sent to Germany or liquidated for Hitler’s war effort.
—Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Frankfurt, Germany September is great for: embracing Teutonic traditions dating back centuries.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 30 June 2025
The investment of capital and Teutonic industriousness quickly led to improved cars: the Murcielago, then the Gallardo, then the Aventador, then the Huracan, each moved the ball further down the field and re-established Lamborghini as a premier sports car company.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
The film lopes forwards and backwards in time without notice or warning, Fabian Gamper’s camera often peering through keyholes and floorboards in order to reconcile the tunnel vision of being alive with a quietly Teutonic awe at the vastness of having lived.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
If Cannes is frantic and elite, Berlin Teutonic and Venice pricey, KV is easy-going, laid back, egalitarian, a true young people’s fest.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 9 May 2025
The weapons date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, a time when the Teutonic Order was active in the region.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
The Teutonic overthinker’s latest documentary reveals more about his strange mind than the brain writ large.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Some historians claimed that there had been a uniquely authoritarian and militaristic German Sonderweg (special path), which deviated from the historical path followed by Western Europe and led from Prussia—some traced it back as far as the Teutonic Knights—to the Third Reich.
—David Motadel, The New York Review of Books, 28 Sep. 2023
After several revolts against the Teutonic Order, in 1410, during the Polish Teutonic wars, the city's council recognized the Polish king, Władysław Jagiełło, as its sovereign.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
To model a high combat strength, the researchers chose Elite Teutonic Knights, which has the highest individual combat strength in the game.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2023
Among them: Germany’s 24-mile-long island of Sylt, a Teutonic Nantucket.
—Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2020
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Adjective
With Teutonic deadpan, Sander sends up the often ideologically weighted social photography of which his project is an example—and records the giddy, glitchy instability of the Weimar years, when the old order was in disorienting flux, and would soon disappear altogether.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
Materials are excellent, with available Nappa leather, clean design lines, and a general sense of restraint that feels more Teutonic than mainstream.
—New Atlas, 7 May 2026
The Easter egg hunt of today and the Easter bunny may have evolved from the myth of Ostara, a Teutonic goddess of spring, who had a hare scatter birds' eggs over the countryside for children to collect and take home.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Klinsmann had relocated to live in California and fused a helicopter- flying, management- consultant- speak LA vibe to his natural Teutonic meticulousness.
—Roger Bennett, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Once cataloged, items were confiscated with typical Teutonic efficiency and sent to Germany or liquidated for Hitler’s war effort.
—Christopher C. Gorham
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Frankfurt, Germany September is great for: embracing Teutonic traditions dating back centuries.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 30 June 2025
The investment of capital and Teutonic industriousness quickly led to improved cars: the Murcielago, then the Gallardo, then the Aventador, then the Huracan, each moved the ball further down the field and re-established Lamborghini as a premier sports car company.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
The film lopes forwards and backwards in time without notice or warning, Fabian Gamper’s camera often peering through keyholes and floorboards in order to reconcile the tunnel vision of being alive with a quietly Teutonic awe at the vastness of having lived.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
Noun
However, there is no evidence linking the figure to the Teutonic Order, and no inscriptions confirm that connection.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2025
If Cannes is frantic and elite, Berlin Teutonic and Venice pricey, KV is easy-going, laid back, egalitarian, a true young people’s fest.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 9 May 2025
The weapons date back to the 14th and 15th centuries, a time when the Teutonic Order was active in the region.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
The Teutonic overthinker’s latest documentary reveals more about his strange mind than the brain writ large.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
Some historians claimed that there had been a uniquely authoritarian and militaristic German Sonderweg (special path), which deviated from the historical path followed by Western Europe and led from Prussia—some traced it back as far as the Teutonic Knights—to the Third Reich.
—David Motadel, The New York Review of Books, 28 Sep. 2023
After several revolts against the Teutonic Order, in 1410, during the Polish Teutonic wars, the city's council recognized the Polish king, Władysław Jagiełło, as its sovereign.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
To model a high combat strength, the researchers chose Elite Teutonic Knights, which has the highest individual combat strength in the game.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2023
Among them: Germany’s 24-mile-long island of Sylt, a Teutonic Nantucket.
—Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2020
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“Teutonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Teutonic. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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