Gearmáin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Germáin, from Latin Germānia.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɟaɾˠəˈmˠɑːnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɛɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠɑːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟaɾˠəmˠaːnʲ/

Proper noun

An Ghearmáin f (genitive na Gearmáine)

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Poblacht Chónaidhme na Gearmáine)

Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Declension of Gearmáin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Gearmáin Vocative a Ghearmáin Genitive Gearmáine Dative Gearmáin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ghearmáin Genitive na Gearmáine Dative leis an nGearmáin don Ghearmáin

Derived terms

• an Ghearmáin Thiar (“West Germany”)
• an Ghearmáin Thoir (“East Germany”)
• Gearmáinis f (“German (language)”)
• Gearmánach (“German”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Gearmáin	Ghearmáin	nGearmáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Germany”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Gearmáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm