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Germanic¹

  • /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ UK
  • /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ US

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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.

    Similar: Ur-Germanic, Proto-Germanic, Common Germanic

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

adjective more Germanic · most Germanic

  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

    Similar: Teutonic

  3. proscribed, sometimes Having German characteristics. He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

    Similar: German, Teutonic

noun Germanics

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

    Similar: German

germanic²

  • /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ UK
  • /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ US

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or containing germanium.
  2. not comparable Containing germanium with a valence of 4.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: german, teutonic, germanic language, holy, proto, romano, deutsch, alemannic, saxon, anglo-saxon, teuton, low-german, proto-germanic, frankish, gothic, norse

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name early language — see also Proto-Germanic

Españolgermánico
日本語ゲルマン語 gerumango
中文日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 rì'ěrmànyǔ
हिन्दीजर्मनिक jarmanik
KiswahiliKijerumaniki
Portuguêsgermânico
Françaisgermanique
DeutschGermanisch
Italianogermanico
Românăgermanică
Русскийгерма́нский язы́к germánskij jazýk
العربيةالجِرْمَانِيَّة al-jirmāniyya

name group of Indo-European languages

Españolgermánico
한국어게르만 어파 gereuman eopa
日本語ゲルマン諸語 geruman shogo, ゲルマン語派 geruman goha
中文日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族 rì'ěrmàn yǔzú
KiswahiliKijerumaniki
Portuguêsgermânico
Françaisgermanique
DeutschGermanisch
Italianogermanico
Românăgermanic
Русскийгерма́нские языки́ germánskije jazykí

adj relating to the Germanic peoples

Españolgermano, germánico
한국어게르만 gereuman
日本語ゲルマン geruman
中文日耳曼 rì'ěrmàn
KiswahiliMjerumaniki
Portuguêsgermânico, alemão
Françaisgermanique
Deutschgermanisch
Italianogermanico
Românăgermanic
Русскийгерма́нский germánskij
العربيةجَرْمَانِيّ jarmāniyy

adj relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic

Españolgermánico
Kiswahili-a Kijerumaniki
Portuguêsgermânico
Françaisgermanique
Deutschgermanisch
Italianogermanico
Românăgermanic
Русскийгерма́нский germánskij
العربيةجَرْمَانِيّ jarmāniyy

adj having German characteristics

Kiswahili-a Kijerumaniki
Portuguêsgermânico, alemão
Françaisgermanique
Deutschdeutsch, deutsch klingend, typisch deutsch
Italianogermanico
Românăgermanic
Русскийнеме́цкий neméckij, герма́нский germánskij

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@misc{germanic_2026,
  title = {germanic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/germanic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}