Geepilayersofdifferentthicknessesaregrownbymolecular-beamepitaxywithSbasasurfactantonSI(100)substrates,X-raydiffractionillustratesthattheseGethinfilmsarepartiallystrained.andthestrainsdecreasegraduallywithincreasingepilayerthickness,RamanspectrarevealadownwardshiftoftheGe-Gemodepeakastheepilayerthicknessincreases.Intheregionsofhighstrain,therelationshipbetweentheRamanshiftofthismodeandthestraininthepartiallyrelaxedsamplesisconsiderablydifferentfromthelinearrelationshipreportedbefore,whichismainlyattributedtothespatialconfinementeffectofphononsinananocrystal.