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This paper will present the results of research of Germanisms used in the language of the most widely read newspapers in Bosnian-speaking region of Bosnian Krajina. These are the daily newspaper "Dnevni Avaz" and weekly local newspapers "Krajina", "Moja Sana" and "Reprezent" (published in the period 2008-2011). The study was conducted on 6730 extracted Germanisms. The integration process of foreign words into Bosnian language can be analyzed from different aspects. Word that is lent becomes a model which gets replicated in the language of the recipient. Replica must be adapted to the linguistic system to which it is introduced. It adapts to different language levels. This paper will show the adjustment of Germanisms on the semantic level. The main objective of this paper is to determine the semantic changes through which the loanwords from German language pass after integration into the system of Bosnian language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]