Germane Meaning
/dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjRelated to a topic of discussion or consideration.
noungermanium tetrahydride, GeH₄
Sentence Examples
How is that question germane to what we're discussing?
What you're saying is interesting but hardly germane to the topic at hand.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher said that only comments ____ to the topic would be allowed.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The lawyer argued that the witness's past history was not ____ to the current case and should be ignored.
Word Origin & History
A variant form of german, adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Connors was addicted to this racquet and kept using it even after Wilson stopped making it, forfeiting millions in potential endorsement money by doing so. Connors was eccentric (and kind of repulsive) in lots of other ways, too, none of which are germane to this article."
— 1997, David Foster Wallace, “Tennis Player Michael Joyce’s Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff About Choice, Freedom, Limitation, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
"Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. [...] Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk."
— 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher said that only comments ____ to the topic would be allowed.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The lawyer argued that the witness's past history was not ____ to the current case and should be ignored.