Means to include the German translation, which is digressive (8)
I believe the answer is:
meanders
'means to include the german translation which is digressive' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'means to include the german' is the wordplay.
'to include' indicates putting letters inside.
'the german' becomes 'der' ('the' in German).
'means' enclosing 'der' is 'MEANDERS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meanders that I've seen before include "Rambles aimlessly on a winding course" , "Rambles, wanders" , "Wanders randomly" , "Wanders aimlessly" , "Wanders on a winding course" .)