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Germanic

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Germanic

1
 adjn
of or relating to the language of Germans
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
2
 adj
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Germanic
1

adj of or relating to the language of Germans

“the Germanic sound shifts”

n 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
Types:
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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
2

adj of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

“Germanic mythology”
Synonyms:
Teutonic
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