The phrase "a german term for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when explaining or defining a word or phrase that originates from the German language.
Example: "The word 'Schadenfreude' is a German term for taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune."
Alternatives: "a term from German for" or "a German expression for".
Simply, dunkel is a German term for dark.
In particular, he was irritated with Mr. Middelhoff's comments at a news conference in which he used a German term for gnat waste to describe a television station that the company sold.
Historians tell us that the word "Cathar" may come from the Greek word for "pure," or it may be a corruption of a German term for a sexual perversion involving household cats.
Hooks and catchiness (ohrwurm, which translates to "earworm," is a German term for an all-too-catchy song) are extremely low priorities for a band that is built around Minimalist repetition, kinetic drones and an onslaught of guitars and keyboards.
He rebuilt the main house, although kept the orchard and greenhouse intact, and called his plot "Gernda," a German term for "wishing to be there," but if you addressed a letter to "First House on the left, America," he'd receive it.
Defining it for him, she says, "It's a German term for 'shameful joy', taking pleasure in the suffering of others".
Examples of such expansions of the basic four movements in the solo suite include J.S. Bach's English Suites, French Suites, and Partitas (partita was a common German term for "suite").
Even the tiny minority of fans aware of its origins (a derogatory German term for 'Jew', used pejoratively since the 1890s, when Jewish immigrants from the East End began supporting the club) like to believe that by making "Yid Army" a signature tune alongside "When The Spurs Go Marching In", they are ingeniously removing its sting.
(QbA is an abbreviation for the German term for a quality wine from a specific location; the phrase also denotes the middle-level quality of German wines).
"Schwedenkrimi" is a newly coined German term for Swedish crime novels, which have gained in popularity thanks in part to the posthumous success of the writer Stieg Larsson.
In fact, the proper German term for a doughnut with a jam filling is a Berliner pfannkuchen or "Berlin pancake".
