Germanic

/dʒərˈmænɪk/
/dʒəˈmænɪk/
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Other forms: Germanics; Germanically

Definitions of Germanic
  1. adjective
    of or relating to the language of Germans
    “the Germanic sound shifts”
  2. noun
    a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
    synonyms: Germanic language
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    West Germanic, West Germanic language
    a branch of the Germanic languages
    Proto-Norse
    the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
    Old Norse
    the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350
    Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language
    the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
    East Germanic, East Germanic language
    an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
    English, English language
    an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
    German, German language, High German
    the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
    Low German, Plattdeutsch
    a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
    Dutch
    the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
    Old Icelandic
    the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600
    Danish
    a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
    Icelandic
    a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland
    Norwegian
    a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway
    Swedish
    a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland
    Faeroese, Faroese
    a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands
    Frisian
    a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
    Gothic
    extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
    type of:
    Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
    the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
  3. adjective
    of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
    “Germanic mythology”
    synonyms: Teutonic
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