germanic

IPA: dʒɝmˈænɪk

Root Word: 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.
(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
(history) A native of Germania.

Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
(linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
Having German characteristics.
Of or containing germanium.
Containing germanium with a valence of 4.

Examples of "germanic" in Sentences

This species has a typically "germanic" distribution in Great
English translations to german are equally amusing, especially germanic names:
Rachael 1:52 pm: the forest spirits of the germanic tribes in pine trees with decorations
Finally, Conan should not be played by Roland Kickinger, Dolph Lundren or any other germanic looking brute.
Lots of Caucasians have dark hair and even some celtic and germanic tribes characterized this trait, so what?
At first, I thought it was generic germanic ethnic cleansing, but then I saw that the driver was just reading her email.
The copy I have was translated by Kathleen Shaw and the illustrations are by Ruth Bartlett - a kind of kicky sixties feel for what are clearly germanic tales.
They come to us from a time when the British Isles had speakers of both latinate and germanic tongues, and the convention was to use both words to make sure everyone understood.
Yes | No | Report from buckshot89 wrote 49 weeks 5 days ago oh yeah. most of my guns have names. you have to take care of them like a child. most of my reenacting buddies have named their flint lockes based on their style. germanic: gretchin, and i have the oldest gun in the group and everyone referes to her as old dirty bas%$#$. quite an endearing name.