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Germanic

//d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).

    "a Germanic tribe"

  2. 2
    Of or containing germanium. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

    "a Germanic language"

  4. 4
    Containing germanium with a valence of 4. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Having German characteristics. proscribed, sometimes

    "He arrived with Germanic punctuality."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the language of Germans wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
Noun
  1. 1
    A native of Germania.
  2. 2
    a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

From germanium + -ic.

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