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Yes. The word germane is a Scrabble US word. The word germane is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is germane a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word germane is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

GERMANE,

6-letter words (13 found)

ENGRAM,ENRAGE,GENERA,GERMAN,GERMEN,MANEGE,MANGER,MEAGER,MEAGRE,MEANER,MENAGE,RAGMEN,RENAME,

5-letter words (35 found)

AGENE,AGREE,AMEER,AMENE,ANGER,ARENE,EAGER,EAGRE,EMERG,ENARM,ENEMA,GAMER,GEARE,GENRE,GERNE,GRAME,GREEN,MANGE,MARGE,MEANE,MEARE,MENGE,MERGE,NAMER,RAGEE,RAMEE,RAMEN,RANEE,RANGE,REAME,REGMA,REGNA,REMAN,REMEN,RENGA,

4-letter words (45 found)

AGEE,AGEN,AGER,AMEN,AREG,EARN,EGER,EGMA,ERNE,GAEN,GAME,GANE,GARE,GEAN,GEAR,GENA,GENE,GERE,GERM,GNAR,GRAM,GRAN,GREE,GREN,MAGE,MANE,MANG,MARE,MARG,MEAN,MEER,MEGA,MENE,MENG,MERE,NAME,NARE,NEAR,NEEM,NEMA,RAGE,RANG,REAM,REAN,REEN,

3-letter words (44 found)

AGE,AME,ANE,ARE,ARM,EAN,EAR,EEN,EME,ENE,ENG,ERA,ERE,ERG,ERM,ERN,GAE,GAM,GAN,GAR,GEE,GEM,GEN,GER,MAE,MAG,MAN,MAR,MEE,MEG,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAG,NAM,NEE,NEG,RAG,RAM,RAN,REE,REG,REM,REN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AG,AM,AN,AR,EA,EE,EM,EN,ER,MA,ME,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 154 words from germane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of germane

germane

Etymology 1

Variant form of german, adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Alternative forms

  • germain (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

germane (comparative more germane, superlative most germane)

  1. Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.
    Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, apt, on-topic; see also Thesaurus:pertinent
    • 1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5.
      Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry:
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Etymology 2

From germ(anium) +‎ -ane.

Noun

germane (plural germanes)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH4
  3. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any organic derivative of this compound.
Synonyms
  • germanium tetrahydride
  • germanomethane
  • monogermane
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Gameren

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Adverb

germane

  1. in the German language
  2. Germanly; in the manner of a German

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Italian

Adjective

germane f pl

  1. feminine plural of germano

Latin

Etymology 1

germānus (“real, sincere”) +‎ -ē (adverb formant)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.neː/, [ɡɛrˈmäːneː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ne/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːne]

Adverb

germānē (comparative germānius, superlative germānissimē)

  1. sincerely

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.ne/, [ɡɛrˈmäːnɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ne/, [d͡ʒerˈmäːne]

Adjective

germāne

  1. masculine vocative singular of germānus

References

  • “germane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “germane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • germane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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