Adjacent Words

Germanic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GERMAN'IC, a. Pertaining to Germany; as the Germanic body or confederacy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts"
2: of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology" [syn: Teutonic, Germanic] n
1: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic [syn: Germanic, Germanic language]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1633 1. german 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Germanic-speaking peoples 3. of, relating to, or constituting Germanic II. noun Date: 1892 a branch of the Indo-European language family containing English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic — see Indo-European languages table

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 having German characteristics. 2 hist. of the Germans. 3 of the Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons, or Germans. 4 of the languages or language group called Germanic. --n. 1 the branch of Indo-European languages including English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages. 2 the (unrecorded) early language from which other Germanic languages developed. Phrases and idioms: East Germanic an extinct group including Gothic. North Germanic the Scandinavian languages. West Germanic a group including High and Low German, English, Frisian, and Dutch. Etymology: L Germanicus (as GERMAN)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Chem. of or containing germanium, esp. in its quadrivalent state.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Germanic Ger*man"ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Germanic Ger*man"ic, a. [L. Germanicus: cf. F. germanique. See German, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy. 2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe someone or something as Germanic, you think that their appearance or behaviour is typical of German people or things. He asked in his Germanic English if I was enjoying France. ADJ 2. Germanic is used to describe the ancient culture and language of the peoples of northern Europe. ...the Germanic tribes of pre-Christian Europe. ADJ