The process of becoming or making something German in language, culture, or national identity.
From germanize + -ation (from Latin -atio, a noun-forming suffix). This term describes both the process and its outcomes, used frequently in 19th and 20th-century European history.
Germanization wasn't unique to Germany—it was part of a broader European pattern where dominant nations tried to absorb minority regions, similar to Russification, Francification, and other state-building projects.
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