Spanish and German articles entitled to respect? (5)
I believe the answer is:
elder
'spanish' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'german articles entitled to respect?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'german' could be 'de' (language code) and 'de' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elder that I've seen before include "Church leader; tree" , "Tree - wise counsellor" , "Tribal advisor" , "Patriarch" , "comparatively aged" .)