alemán

/aleˈman/ · A2 · adj

German

🥨🍺 From the Alemanni tribe: all + men, the Germanic folk on the Rhine

Spanish named all Germans after one tribe, the Alemanni, whose name is Germanic for all men. French did the same with allemand. Sound hook: alemán is nearly all-a-man, with the stress on the final syllable.

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