The invention relates to infrared transmitting germanate glass and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of germanate glass. The invention mainly provides infrared transmitting germanate glass with excellent physiochemical performance and infrared transmitting performance and a preparation method thereof. The germanate glass comprises the following components of: 35 to 45 percent of GeO2, 15 to 30 percent of M2O3, 25 to 40 percent of M'O, 0 to 15 percent of M''O2 and 0 to 5 percent of La2O3, wherein M2O3 is Al2O3, Ga2O3 and the like; M'O is MgO, CaO, BaO and the like; and M''O2 is ZrO2, TiO2 and the like. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: a, weighing raw materials, and mixing uniformly in a ball-milling tank; b, melting in a platinum crucible; c, after melting, introducing dry gas on the surface of glass liquid to remove moisture in the glass liquid, and stirring, homogenizing and clarifying by using a platinum stirrer simultaneously; d, homogenizing and clarifying the liquid, and forming in a die; and e, annealing. The infrared transmitting germanate glass has the excellent physiochemical and infrared performance, the transformation temperature is between 650 and 750 DEG C, the infrared cut-off wavelength is more than 6 micrometers, the ultraviolet cut-off wavelength is less than 400 nanometers, and the vickers hardness is more than 650 kgf / mm<2>. The invention is mainly used for the infrared transmitting germanate glass and the preparation method thereof.