How is that question germane to what we're discussing?
Source: tatoeba (958665)
Germane
//d͡ʒɝˈmeɪn//
Synonyms for "germane" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically derived_from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- уместен adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Catalan
2 entries- pertinent adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- germà noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 有關 /有关 adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- 有關係 /有关系 adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- 甲鍺烷 /甲锗烷 noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Czech
4 entries- k věci adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- podstatný adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- relevantní adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- významný adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Danish
2 entries- relevant adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- relevante adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Dutch
4 entries- relevant adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- ter zake adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- van toepassing adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- germaan noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Estonian
2 entries- kohane adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- sobiv adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Finnish
4 entries- asiaankuuluva adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- olennainen adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- relevantti adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- germaniumtetrahydridi noun (germanium tetrahydride)
French
2 entries- pertinent adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- germane noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Georgian
4 entries- რელევანტური adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- სათანადო adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- შესაბამისი adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- შესაფერისი adj (related to the topic being discussed)
German
2 entries- relevant adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- Monogerman noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Hindi
2 entries- उपयुक्त adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- संबंधित adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Irish
1 entries- ábhartha adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Italian
1 entries- germano noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Persian
1 entries- مربوط adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Polish
2 entries- istotny adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- relewantny adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Portuguese
3 entries- pertinente adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- relevante adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- germano noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Russian
4 entries- относя́щийся к те́ме adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- подходя́щий adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- релева́нтный adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- соотве́тствующий adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pòvēzān adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- relevàntan adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- srȍdan adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- по̀ве̄за̄н adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Slovak
2 entries- relevantný adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- súvisiaci adj (related to the topic being discussed)
Spanish
2 entries- relacionado adj (related to the topic being discussed)
- germano noun (germanium tetrahydride)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
What you're saying is interesting but hardly germane to the topic at hand.
Source: tatoeba (1127428)
1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5. Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry:
Source: wiktionary
Connors was addicted to this racquet and kept using it even after Wilson stopped making it, forfeiting millions in potential endorsement money by doing so. Connors was eccentric (and kind of repulsive) in lots of other ways, too, none of which are germane to this article.
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