Germanic

See also: germanic and germànic

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/

Proper noun

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Germanic

Wikipedia

Germanic

1. (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

2. (linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.

Derived terms

• non-Germanic

Related terms

• Proto-North-West Germanic
  • Proto-West Germanic, Proto-West-Germanic
• East Germanic
• North Germanic
• West Germanic

• German
• Germanish
• Teutonic (archaic)

Translations

early language — see also 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: 日耳曼語族 / 日耳曼语族 (jat6 ji5 maan6 jyu5 zuk6) Mandarin: 日耳曼語族 / 日耳曼语族 (rì'ěrmàn yǔzú) Danish: germansk (da) Dutch: Germaans (nl) n Finnish: germaaninen (fi) French: germanique (fr) m Galician: xermánico (gl) 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)

See also

• Category:Terms derived from Germanic languages

Further reading

• ISO 639-5 code gem

Adjective

Germanic (comparative more Germanic, superlative most Germanic)

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

   a Germanic tribe

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

   Synonyms: Teutonic; see also Thesaurus:Germanic language

   a Germanic language

   • 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:

     Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […] .

3. (sometimes proscribed) Having German characteristics.

   Synonyms: German, Teutonic

   He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

Translations

relating to the Germanic peoples

Arabic: جَرْمَانِيّ (jarmāniyy) Aragonese: chermanico Armenian: գերմանական (hy) (germanakan) Belarusian: герма́нскі (hjermánski) Bulgarian: герма́нски (bg) (germánski) Catalan: germànic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 日耳曼 (zh) (rì'ěrmàn) Czech: germánský (cs) Danish: germansk (da) Dutch: Germaans (nl) Esperanto: ĝermana (eo) Faroese: germanskur Finnish: germaaninen (fi) French: germanique (fr) Galician: xermánico (gl) Georgian: გერმანიკული (germaniḳuli) German: germanisch (de) Hungarian: germán (hu) Irish: (please verify) Gearmánach Italian: germanico (it) Japanese: ゲルマン (geruman) Korean: 게르만 (gereuman) Latin: germanicus (la) Luxembourgish: germanesch Macedonian: германски (germanski) Norwegian: germansk (no) Occitan: germanic (oc) Persian: ژرمنی (fa) (žermani) Polish: germański (pl) Portuguese: germânico (pt), alemão (pt) Romanian: germanic (ro) Russian: герма́нский (ru) (germánskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гѐрма̄нскӣ Roman: gèrmānskī (sh) Slovak: germánsky (sk) Slovene: germanski Spanish: germano (es), germánico (es) Swahili: Mjerumaniki Swedish: germansk (sv) Turkish: Cermen (tr) Ukrainian: герма́нський (hermánsʹkyj) Yiddish: גערמאַניש (germanish)

relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic

Arabic: جَرْمَانِيّ (jarmāniyy) Armenian: գերմանական (hy) (germanakan) Belarusian: герма́нскі (hjermánski) Bulgarian: герма́нски (bg) (germánski) Catalan: germànic (ca) Czech: germánský (cs) Danish: germansk (da) Dutch: Germaans (nl) Faroese: germanskur Finnish: germaaninen (fi) French: germanique (fr) Galician: xermánico (gl) Georgian: გერმანიკული (germaniḳuli) German: germanisch (de) Hungarian: germán (hu) Irish: (please verify) Gearmánach Italian: germanico (it) Latin: germanicus (la) Macedonian: ге́рмански (gérmanski) Norwegian: germansk (no) Occitan: germanic (oc) Persian: ژرمنی (fa) (žermani) Polish: germański (pl) Portuguese: germânico (pt) Romanian: germanic (ro) Russian: герма́нский (ru) (germánskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гѐрма̄нскӣ Roman: gèrmānskī (sh) Spanish: germánico (es) Swahili: -a Kijerumaniki Swedish: germansk (sv) Turkish: Cermen (tr) Yiddish: גערמאַניש (germanish)

having German characteristics

Armenian: գերմանական (hy) (germanakan) Bulgarian: герма́нски (bg) (germánski) Catalan: alemany (ca), germànic (ca) Danish: tysk (da) Dutch: Germaans (nl) Faroese: týskur Finnish: saksalainen (fi) French: germanique (fr) Galician: xermánico (gl) Georgian: გერმანული (ka) (germanuli) German: deutsch (de), deutsch klingend, typisch deutsch Hungarian: germán (hu) Irish: Gearmánach Italian: germanico (it) Macedonian: ге́рмански (gérmanski) Norwegian: tysk (no), germansk (no) Occitan: germanic (oc) Persian: ژرمنی (fa) (žermani) Polish: germański (pl) Portuguese: germânico (pt), alemão (pt) Romanian: germanic (ro) Russian: неме́цкий (ru) (neméckij), герма́нский (ru) (germánskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: њѐмачкӣ Roman: njèmačkī (sh) Swahili: -a Kijerumaniki Yiddish: דײַטש (yi) (daytsh)

Noun

Germanic (plural Germanics)

1. (history) A native of Germania.

   Synonym: Germanian

Anagrams

• amercing, creaming