designating or of a group of N European peoples including the Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, English, etc., or the peoples from whom they are descended
designating or of the language group Germanic
Origin:
L Germanicus, of the Germans: orig. applied to a particular tribe, prob. Celtic
a principal branch of the Indo-European family of languages, comprising the languages descended from Proto-Germanic: it is divided into three groups
East Germanic (including Gothic), North Germanic (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Old Norse, etc.), and West Germanic (English, Dutch, German, Yiddish, Frisian, etc.)
See Germanic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people, language, or culture.
b. Of or relating to the Teutons.
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that comprises North Germanic, West Germanic, and the extinct East Germanic.
Of or relating to a member of a Germanic-speaking people.