What is "germanate"

n. (context inorganic chemistry English) The oxyanion GeO₄^4- derived from germanium; any salt containing this ion

In chemistry germanate is a compound containing an oxyanion of germanium. In the naming of inorganic compounds it is a suffix that indicates a polyatomic anion with a central germanium atom, for example potassium hexafluorogermanate, KGeF.