How to Use German in a Sentence

German

noun
  • In the Mercedes, German came to with her body crushed under the dashboard.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • 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
  • He is trained to attack if given the correct set of orders, in German.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • England, Spain, German and France are the other top contenders.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The vessel itself was a collapsible, 16-foot kayak made by a fellow German.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • Lufthansa hosts a weekend seminar in German in Frankfurt, Munich, and Zurich.
    Chantel Tattoli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And after a 1-for-12 shooting nightmare in the first half Sunday, the Big German needed plenty of assistance.
    Randy Galloway, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
  • It was added to the database of the German Lost Art Foundation in 2012, according to a statement from the art recovery company.
    Claire Savage, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • Prince Harry closed the competition on Sept. 16 with a short and sweet speech, first speaking in German about how the games' competitors have inspired people around the world.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The second site pushed by Doppelganger bots targeted Germans.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Going from French to German required some brain activation.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • Auden, at 34, rumpled and eccentric, awed Hayden by reciting poems from memory in German and Latin.
    Tom Stanton, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2024
  • In one bizarre instance, when navigating to the Noise Cancellation section, the system language suddenly changed to German.
    PCMAG, 10 May 2024
  • On the gravel playground one day this fall, young children participated in a dance lesson while an integration class of 10 women and two men earnestly studied German in a classroom one floor up.
    Graham Bowley, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Their mother was a linguist whose children were familiar with several languages, including German (soon to be very useful).
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
  • One way to turn things around is addressing the shortfall in workers, with the German Opportunity Card website stating that employers in the country have decried the obstacles to attracting talent.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024
  • The German Embassy in China, meanwhile, threatened to block some users from its social media account after receiving comments glorifying Nazism.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Other scenes show Nazi officers shooting people and arresting a couple for breaking the laws forbidding relationships between Aryan and Jewish Germans.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Not all carbohydrates are created equal, as the German Nutrition Society explains.
    Maria Berentzen, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
  • More broadly, there is general dissatisfaction with the administration of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which is plagued by infighting and seen by some as being removed from the problems facing regular Germans.
    Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • While not an entrepreneur himself, German Finance Minister Lindner has cause to oppose pro-labor policies that go beyond simply trying to improve on his government’s poor economic record.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Playdead’s Limbo and Inside conjure gorgeous visions of German Expressionist dread through its shadowy aesthetic.
    Keep Mario Weird, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2023

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