How to Use German in a Sentence

German

noun
  • He is trained to attack if given the correct set of orders, in German.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • In the Mercedes, German came to with her body crushed under the dashboard.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • From around a corner below came a German carrying an enamel pail.
    Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Translated from the German by Richard Sieburth.
    Christian Lehnert, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The German arrived with a good knowledge of all the club’s young players and had asked for references on all of them.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The German’s limp Wimbledon exit was painful to watch and even more troubling to hear about post-match.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The pair were talking about his heritage when the talk show host mentioned that Ford was Irish German.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • In this context, many on the right and the left redrew German belonging along the lines of race and religion.
    TIME, 7 May 2024
  • England, Spain, German and France are the other top contenders.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • Friedel chose to do the tape in German — the only actor to do so — which piqued Glazer’s interest.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The vessel itself was a collapsible, 16-foot kayak made by a fellow German.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • Deniz Undav, with three goals, and Kai Havertz, with two, are the only Germans who have scored more than once.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Sabalenka only won eight of her service games against both the German and the American.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Germans, Merz believes, enjoy too many sick days and has challenged the right of workers to obtain sick leave from doctors over the telephone.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • This frosting is too good to limit to just Mama's German Chocolate Cake.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Then my Momo, the studious and tech-driven German, needed to use Edna.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 28 June 2026
  • The German Marshall Fund's Naas also flagged this as a risk for businesses.
    Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The second site pushed by Doppelganger bots targeted Germans.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Karic, 29, is a veteran left-back who has played in the German Bundesliga and 2.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Lufthansa hosts a weekend seminar in German in Frankfurt, Munich, and Zurich.
    Chantel Tattoli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The German has simply revolutionised the club and his decision to leave Liverpool at the end of the season came as a shock to the world of football.
    Ben Church, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Speakers of Greek, for example, have two distinct words for light and dark blue—cyan and glaukos—while speakers of languages like English or German do not.
    Sofia Quaglia, WIRED, 19 July 2023
  • There’s more to the novel, translated from the German by Daniel Bowles, than a purse-lipped satire of fetishism, but Kracht keeps it well below the surface.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • As the other men froze in place, Gordon-Creed, knowing the German would see the work and expose the whole operation, hid in a bush beside the track.
    Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The German is now expected to be elevated to champion but the WBC are yet to confirm this.
    Chris McKenna, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The German, however, has genuine potential.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Kery German, the city of Palmdale’s public safety supervisor, says some of the difference may be due to the nature of the dog population in the area.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Newsweek has contacted the German Federal Ministry of Defense, via email, for comment.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The German collected on the edge of the area, but pressure at his back from Martin Zubimendi forced the ball loose towards Gyokeres.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The arrival of a million refugees from Syria and elsewhere in 2015 continues to shape ongoing debates about who is a German.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024

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