English words containing germanism:

verb

Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).

Usage examples:

The tax was abolished in 1977

noun

A person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial.

Usage examples:

Critics said he was an apologist for colonialism

noun

A person who supports a particular belief or political system, especially an unpopular one, and speaks or writes in defence of it

Usage examples:

Communism and its apologists, there are few apologists for the old system.

adjective

Worn or ground down by rubbing, scraping, etc.

adjective

Feeling or expressing attrition. contrasted with contrite.

verb

Express (something) in language of a specified style.

Usage examples:

The assurances were couched in general terms

noun

A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on.

Usage examples:

I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch

noun

A coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.

Usage examples:

This was the weedmat that defeated my oxalis and couch grass.

adverb

By way of patrimony, by inheritance from a father, hereditarily; in a patrimonial manner.