noun, masculine/al.mɑ̃/plural: allemands
German (The German language)
“L’allemand est une langue germanique.” — German is a Germanic language.
Synonyms: langue de Goethe, langue de Schiller, langue de Charlemagne, langue des Francs
Related: bas allemand, berger allemand, haut allemand
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-Germanic *alamann-bor. Latin Alemannus French allemand From Late Latin Alamannus or Alemannus (related to Alamans, ancient Germanic people for whom the name meant "all men", "all people", according to Asinius Quadratus). aleman became alemant by the addition of a terminal T of the singular objective case for adjectives of sec