Germanomaniac

/ˌdʒɜrmænoʊˈmeɪniæk/ noun

Definition

A person who has an excessive enthusiasm for or obsession with German culture and things German.

Etymology

From germanomania + -ac (from Greek -akos, an agent suffix). This labels the person afflicted with germanomania.

Kelly Says

Some of history's most influential people were 'germanomaniacs'—Catherine the Great of Russia hired German philosophers and architects, making German culture fashionable across Eastern Europe.

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