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Germanic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ (UK)
• /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

Meanings

1. Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
   • a Germanic tribe
2. Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
   • a Germanic language
   • Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […]. 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
3. (proscribed, sometimes) Having German characteristics.
   • He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

Forms

Deriveds

Germanicity

Synonyms

Teutonic · Teutonic · German

Translations (107)

sl germanski (relating to the Germanic peoples) · tr Cermen (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · mk германски (relating to the Germanic peoples) · pl germański (relating to the Germanic peoples) · cmn 日耳曼 (relating to the Germanic peoples) · pl germański (having German characteristics) · be герма́нскі (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · de germanisch (relating to the Germanic peoples) · no germansk (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · pt germânico (relating to the Germanic peoples) · yi דײַטש (having German characteristics) · fo germanskur (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ga Gearmánach (having German characteristics) · ca germànic (relating to the Germanic peoples) · fa ژرمنی (relating to the Germanic peoples) · pt alemão (having German characteristics) · de germanisch (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · mk ге́рмански (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · lb germanesch (relating to the Germanic peoples) · no germansk (relating to the Germanic peoples) · pt germânico (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · la germanicus (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sh гѐрма̄нскӣ (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ro germanic (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ru герма́нский (relating to the Germanic peoples) · de deutsch klingend (having German characteristics) · da germansk (relating to the Germanic peoples) · pt germânico (having German characteristics) · be герма́нскі (relating to the Germanic peoples) · de typisch deutsch (having German characteristics) · sv germansk (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · it germanico (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sv germansk (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sw Mjerumaniki (relating to the Germanic peoples) · fa ژرمنی (having German characteristics) · fi saksalainen (having German characteristics) · hy գերմանական (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · cs germánský (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · yi גערמאַניש (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · gl xermánico (having German characteristics) · fo týskur (having German characteristics) · nl Germaans (having German characteristics) · fo germanskur (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ro germanic (having German characteristics) · uk герма́нський (relating to the Germanic peoples) · es germano (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ro germanic (relating to the Germanic peoples) · hu germán (having German characteristics) · ja ゲルマン (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sw -a Kijerumaniki (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · sh gèrmānskī (relating to the Germanic peoples) · nl Germaans (relating to the Germanic peoples) · bg герма́нски (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · sw -a Kijerumaniki (having German characteristics) · fa ژرمنی (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · es germánico (relating to the Germanic peoples) · gl xermánico (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · fr germanique (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sh њѐмачкӣ (having German characteristics) · eo ĝermana (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ca germànic (having German characteristics) · oc germanic (having German characteristics) · da tysk (having German characteristics) · nl Germaans (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ar جَرْمَانِيّ (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · la germanicus (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · cs germánský (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ru герма́нский (having German characteristics) · gl xermánico (relating to the Germanic peoples) · fi germaaninen (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · it germanico (having German characteristics) · no germansk (having German characteristics) · sk germánsky (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sh гѐрма̄нскӣ (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ka გერმანიკული (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · yi גערמאַניש (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ru неме́цкий (having German characteristics) · it germanico (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · fi germaaninen (relating to the Germanic peoples) · es germánico (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · no tysk (having German characteristics) · ka გერმანული (having German characteristics) · ar جَرْمَانِيّ (relating to the Germanic peoples) · bg герма́нски (having German characteristics) · sh njèmačkī (having German characteristics) · de deutsch (having German characteristics) · hy գերմանական (relating to the Germanic peoples) · fr germanique (having German characteristics) · an chermanico (relating to the Germanic peoples) · ca germànic (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · da germansk (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · hy գերմանական (having German characteristics) · bg герма́нски (relating to the Germanic peoples) · oc germanic (relating to the Germanic peoples) · oc germanic (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · fr germanique (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ru герма́нский (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ca alemany (having German characteristics) · pl germański (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ka გერმანიკული (relating to the Germanic peoples) · sh gèrmānskī (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic) · ko 게르만 (relating to the Germanic peoples) · mk ге́рмански (having German characteristics) · hu germán (relating to the Germanic peoples) · pt alemão (relating to the Germanic peoples) · tr Cermen (relating to the Germanic peoples) · hu germán (relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic)

Germanic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ (UK)
• /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

Meanings

1. (historical, nonstandard) Synonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”)

Forms

Synonyms

German

Germanic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ (UK)
• /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos. 2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:
2. The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.

Deriveds

North Sea Germanic · non-Germanic

Relateds

Proto-North-West Germanic · East Germanic · German · Teutonic · Germanish · West Germanic · North Germanic · Proto-West Germanic · Proto-West-Germanic

Synonyms

Common Germanic · Proto-Germanic · Ur-Germanic

Translations (59)

fr germanique (group of Indo-European languages) · sw Kijerumaniki (group of Indo-European languages) · es germánico (group of Indo-European languages) · ru герма́нские языки́ (group of Indo-European languages) · ga Gearmáinic (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ko 게르만 어파 (group of Indo-European languages) · fr germanique (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · pl germański (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · pl germańskie (group of Indo-European languages) · no germansk (group of Indo-European languages) · de Germanisch (group of Indo-European languages) · yue 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · is germönsk (group of Indo-European languages) · fo germanskt (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · yi גערמאַניש (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ro germanică (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · kk герман тілдері (group of Indo-European languages) · km ហ្គឺរម៉ាននីឝ (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · pt germânico (group of Indo-European languages) · fa ژرمنی (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · fi germaaninen (group of Indo-European languages) · nl Germaans (group of Indo-European languages) · af Germaans (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ga Gearmáinic (group of Indo-European languages) · it germanico (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ca germànic (group of Indo-European languages) · ca germànic (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · cmn 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族 (group of Indo-European languages) · sv germanska (group of Indo-European languages) · ro germanic (group of Indo-European languages) · acw جرماني (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · da germanskt (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · yue 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族 (group of Indo-European languages) · sw Kijerumaniki (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · mk ге́рмански (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · sv germanska (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · cmn 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · da germansk (group of Indo-European languages) · it germanico (group of Indo-European languages) · de Germanisch (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · sco Germanic (group of Indo-European languages) · hu germán (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ja ゲルマン語 (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · la Germanici (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ar الجِرْمَانِيَّة (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · cy Germanaidd (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · es germánico (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · hi जर्मनिक (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ja ゲルマン諸語 (group of Indo-European languages) · fi germaaninen kantakieli (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · hu germán (group of Indo-European languages) · nl Germaans (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · ja ゲルマン語派 (group of Indo-European languages) · pt germânico (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · gl xermánico (group of Indo-European languages) · mk германски (group of Indo-European languages) · ka გერმანიკული ენები (group of Indo-European languages) · ru герма́нский язы́к (early language — see also Proto-Germanic) · be герма́нскія мо́вы (group of Indo-European languages)