GERMANIZE
Etymology
Verb
Germanize (third-person singular simple present Germanizes, present participle Germanizing, simple past and past participle Germanized)
(transitive) To give a German character to (something).
(intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture.
Source: Wiktionary
Ger"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Germanized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Germanizing.]
Definition: To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to
Germanize a province, a language, a society.
Ger"man*ize, v. i.
Definition: To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition