Germanophone (English)Origin & history Germano-+ -phoneAlternative forms. germanophone; Adjective Germanophone (comparative more Germanophone, superlative most Germanophone) . German-speaking; 1975, H. Gann, editors Duignan, Peter; Gann, H., Colonialism in Africa 1870–1960, Volume Four: The Economics of Colonialism, Cambridge University Press, page 252: