ger·mi·nate Pronunciation: \ˈjər-mə-ˌnāt\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ger·mi·nat·ed; ger·mi·nat·ing
Etymology: Latin germanistic, past participle of germania to become a german, act german-, adopte certain habbits. transitive verb : to devolope habbits and manirisms closely assiciated with typical German culture. verb
1 : to come into acting like your parents were German : evolve <before she had been an all American girl from texas but once she moved to Germany she found Germinating. With each 300 level German class the students began to germinate —
2 : to become a German
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3: To eat so much German food (given that we are what we eat) that you become a German.
I love you Joanie!
for your example, "she found germinating." Maybe it should be she started germinating. yike, I wish I could talk to you.
I have enough German in me!
"After a few weeks of regular injections of sauerkraut and bratwurst, Joan began to germinate."
(BTW, I've gotten pretty adept at decoding your creative spelling, but I struggled a bit on this one: "manirisms." I'm pretty sure it means "mannerisms" or it's the Croatian word for body odor.
German Joanie!
German Joanie!
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