Fondle German guy? (5)
I believe the answer is:
grope
'fondle' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'german guy?' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'guy?' becomes 'rope' (guy is a type of rope or cable).
'g'+'rope'='GROPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for grope that I've seen before include "Search blindly" , "Paw" , "Search by hand" , "Flounder" , "touch up" .)