# der Germanist

der Germanist is a German noun meaning “A scholar of or proponent of Germanic law, especially one emphasising a distinction to Roman law.”. Forms: des Germanisten, die Germanisten.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Germanisten
- Plural: die Germanisten

## In other languages

- Русский: филол. германист

## Meanings

1. A scholar of or proponent of Germanic law, especially one emphasising a distinction to Roman law.
2. _archaic_ Germanist: A person who studies the Germanic languages and/or the associated literatures and cultures; a Germanicist.
3. Germanist: A person who specialises in the German language and/or literature of the German-speaking world.
   - Jürgen Enders, Lutz Bornmann, Regressionsanalyse zur Vorhersage der Bearbeitungsdauer der Dissertation nach Promotionsfach, 2001 — Through this model it is made clear that the variation in preparation time varies between 23 percent for Electrical Engineers and 45 percent for Germanists.

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