Germanic meaning

jər-măn'ĭk
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that comprises North Germanic, West Germanic, and the extinct East Germanic.
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Of or relating to a member of a Germanic-speaking people.
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Of or relating to the Teutons.
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The Germanic branch of Indo-European.
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German.
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Designating or of a group of N European peoples including the Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, English, etc., or the peoples from whom they are descended.
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Designating or of the language group Germanic.
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A principal branch of the Indo-European family of languages, comprising the languages descended from Proto-Germanic: it is divided into three groups.
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Of or containing germanium.
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Containing germanium with a valence of 4.
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(linguistics) The early, undocumented language from which other Germanic languages such as German, English, Dutch and Scandinavian languages developed.
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(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from Germanic.
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Having German characteristics.

He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

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Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).

A Germanic tribe.

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(linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

A Germanic language.

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Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people, language, or culture.
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Origin of germanic

From Latin Germānicus.

Sentence Examples

  • It is common to all Germanic languages; cf.

  • In these circumstances the intrusion of Germanic elements into ecclesiastical law is easy to understand.

  • The invasion of France by the German armies during the war of 1870-71 attracted his attention to the Germanic invasions under the Roman Empire.

  • Neilson in The Journal of Germanic Philology (iv.), the note by W.

  • wicu, Germanic *wikOn, probably = change, turn), the name given to periods of time, varying in length in different parts of the world, but shorter than a "month."

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