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
• The German surely cannot harbour any real sense of grievance or hurt pride about this.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
• 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
• Suarez, the 39-year-old Uruguayan forward was joined up front by German Berterame.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
• 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
• The German has put 59 percent of his first-serve returns in, average for the tournament.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• 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
• An avid reader, the younger Forster was fluent in German, French, English, and Russian.
  — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
• Sinner leads their head-to-head 10-4 and has won nine straight matches and 14 consecutive sets against the German.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Lufthansa hosts a weekend seminar in German in Frankfurt, Munich, and Zurich.
  — Chantel Tattoli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
• The German fell to the ground and clutched his right knee in pain, with Sinner coming over to check on his opponent before helping Zverev up off the grass.
  — ABC News, 12 July 2026
• 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
• Some people spoke English, others in German, French, and Japanese.
  — Nick Pachelli, Time, 11 July 2026
• 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