germane
/dʒəːˈmeɪn
/adjective
Relevant to a subject under consideration: that is not germane to our theme...
- This is a highly germane consideration for an economy on the threshold of emerging market style debt trap dynamics.
- Professor Crout delivered his remarks, which were certainly germane to the subject.
- It deals with a subject inherently germane to every military officer, no matter the service.
Synonyms
relevant, pertinent, applicable, apposite, material;
apropos, to the point, to the purpose, admissible;
appropriate, apt, fitting, suitable, suited, proper, felicitous;
connected, related, linked, akin, allied, analogous;
Latin ad rem
rare appurtenant
Derivatives
germanely
- Normally, taxonomies are composed by experts, as when a librarian enters a book into a catalogue and picks the keywords that most germanely identify the book.
- I think both approaches are useful to understanding games, though I lean towards ludology as more germanely important.
- The final segment was introduced by the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and, more germanely, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera.
germaneness
- Nonetheless, the topic is of great germaneness to world politics and should prompt someone else to a more thorough investigation.
- He didn't include the little caveat about ‘leave others to decide germaneness’ on the air.
- The rule of germaneness applies to an amendment and its relationship to a bill or a pending amendment.
Origin
Early 17th century: variant of german, with which it was synonymous from Middle English. The current sense has arisen from a usage in Shakespeare's Hamlet.