To make something German in character, language, or cultural practices.
From German + -ify (from Latin -ficare, meaning 'to make'). This verb form emerged alongside the noun germanification during 19th-century European nationalism.
Schools, governments, and institutions actually used 'germanification' as an official policy in certain regions—it's the verb form of a real historical process that shaped modern borders and identities.
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