Home › Words › G › germanisticsgermanisticsgermanistics means german studies.EtymologyCalque of German Germanistik. By surface analysis, German + -ist + -ics, or also by surface analysis, Germanist + -ics or also by surface analysis, German + -istics.nounGerman studiesDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.germanist 71% match — A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures. vs germanistics →germanicist 70% match — One who studies the Germanic languages. vs germanistics →americanistics 66% match — American studies vs germanistics →germanish 65% match — Germanic. vs germanistics →hungaristics 65% match — Hungarian studies. vs germanistics →koreanistics 63% match — Korean studies. vs germanistics →anglistics 63% match — Synonym of English studies. vs germanistics →linguistry 61% match — linguistics vs germanistics →