From wikipedia:
Germanium was discovered comparatively late because very few minerals contain it in high concentration.
Germanium ranks near fiftieth in relative abundance of the elements in the Earth's crust.
In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev predicted its existence and some of its properties based on its position on his Periodic Table and called the element eka-silicon.
Nearly two decades later, on February 6, 1886, Clemens Winkler found it in the mineral argyrodite, a new mineral from the Himmelsfürst mine near Freiberg (Germany).
Winkler found that his experimental observations agreed with Mendeleev's predictions and named the element after his country, Germany.
Germanium does no "do" anything.
neither, germanium is a semiconductor
Germanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. Discovered in 1886 by the German chemist Clemens Winkler, it is a metalloid that exhibits properties of both metals and nonmetals. Germanium is primarily used in electronics, particularly in semiconductors, as well as in fiber optics, infrared optics, and solar cell applications. It naturally occurs in trace amounts in various minerals, such as argyrodite and germanite, and is typically extracted through processes involving zinc or copper ores.
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The Carbon Family
Germanium was discovered in 1886 by Clemens A. Winkler.
Germanium was discovered in 1886 by German chemist Clemens Winkler.
Germanium was discovered in 1886 by Clemens Alexander Winkler.
Germanium was discovered in Germany in 1886 by Clemens Winkler, a German chemist.
Germanium was discovered in 1886 by Clemins Winker
Germanium was discovered by chemist Clemens Winkler in 1886 in Freiberg, Germany. He isolated germanium from a sample of the mineral argyrodite.
Germanium was discovered by a German chemist named Clemens Winkler. He named it Germanium in honor of his homeland.
In Freiberg, Germany.
He could not because it had not yet been discovered when he created the table. However he was able to determine that an element was missing at that location and predict the properties it would have when it was discovered. When germanium was discovered and named, his predictions were found to be very accurate.
A German chemist named Clemens Winkler.
Mendeleev predicted that gallium belonged to the R2O3. Gallium was not discovered until 1874. The noble gases weren't discovered until 1894 through 1899.
It was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, but discovered in 1886 by Clemens Winkler.