Germanic

See also: germanic and germànic

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Borrowed from Latin germānicus.

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Germanic

(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.
Synonyms: Ur-Germanic, Proto-Germanic, Common Germanic
(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.

early language — See also translations at Proto-Germanic

Afrikaans: Germaans (af)
Arabic: الجِرْمَانِيَّة‎ f (al-jirmāniyya)
Hijazi Arabic: جرماني‎ m (jirmāni)
Catalan: germànic (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日耳曼語／日耳曼语 (jat⁶ ji⁵ maan⁶ jyu⁵)

Mandarin: 日耳曼語／日耳曼语 (zh) (rì'ěrmànyǔ)
Danish: germanskt n
Dutch: Germaans (nl) n
Faroese: germanskt n
Finnish: germaaninen kantakieli
French: germanique (fr) m
German: Germanisch (de) n
Hungarian: germán (hu)
Irish: Gearmáinic f
Italian: germanico (it) m
Japanese: ゲルマン語 (ゲルマンご, gerumango)
Khmer: ហ្គឺរម៉ាននីឝ (gɨɨmaanniih)
Latin: Germanici
Macedonian: ге́рмански m (gérmanski)
Persian: ژرمنی‎ (fa) (žermani)
Polish: germański (pl) m
Portuguese: germânico (pt) m
Romanian: germanică f
Russian: герма́нский язы́к m (germánskij jazýk)
Spanish: germánico (es) m
Swahili: Kijerumaniki class 7
Swedish: germanska (sv)
Welsh: Germanaidd
Yiddish: גערמאַניש‎ (germanish)

group of Indo-European languages

Belarusian: герма́нскія мо́вы (hjermánskija móvy)
Catalan: germànic (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日耳曼語系／日耳曼语系 (jat⁶ ji⁵ maan⁶ jyu⁵ hai⁶)

Mandarin: 日耳曼語系／日耳曼语系 (rì'ěrmàn yǔxì)
Danish: germansk (da)
Dutch: Germaans (nl) n
Finnish: germaaninen (fi)
French: germanique (fr) m
Galician: xermánico m
Georgian: გერმანიკული ენები (germaniḳuli enebi)
German: Germanisch (de) n
Hungarian: germán (hu)
Icelandic: germönsk
Irish: Gearmáinic f
Italian: germanico (it) m
Japanese: ゲルマン諸語 (ゲルマンしょご, geruman shogo), ゲルマン語派 (ゲルマンごは, geruman goha)
Korean: 게르만 어파 (gereuman eopa)
Macedonian: германски (germanski)
Norwegian: germansk (no)
Polish: germańskie nvir
Portuguese: germânico (pt) m
Romanian: germanic (ro) m or n
Russian: герма́нские языки́ m pl (germánskije jazykí)
Scots: Germanic
Spanish: germánico (es) m
Swahili: Kijerumaniki class 7
Swedish: germanska (sv)

Germanic (comparative more Germanic, superlative most Germanic)

Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
a Germanic tribe
(linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
a Germanic language

Synonyms: Teutonic; see also Thesaurus:Germanic language
Having German characteristics.
Synonyms: German, Teutonic

He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

relating to the Germanic peoples

relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic

having German characteristics

Germanic (plural Germanics)