German既可以作名词又可以作形容词。作形容词意为“德国的”、“德国人的”、“德语的”、“德国文化的”;作名词意为“德国人”、“德语”,当德国人讲的时候是可数名词,其复数形式为Germans。

Germany意为“德国”只作名词,表示德国这个国家,通常要大写。

例句:

German

用作名词 (n.)

She'; s a German who was naturalized in Canada.

她是入了加拿大籍的德国人.

用作形容词 (adj.)

They had had several brushes with German cavalry.

他们曾和德国人的骑兵有过几次接触。

Germany

1Boris Becker of Germany won the men';s singles.

德国的鲍里斯•贝克尔赢得了男单冠军。

2Veba, an energy-and-chemicals combine that is Germany';s fourth-biggest company

作为德国第四大企业的费巴能源化工集团