West Germanic

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West Germanic

proper noun

The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of English, Frisian languages, Dutch, Afrikaans, Low Saxon languages, German, and Yiddish, and their immediate predecessors.
The presumed unattested ancestor of these languages (more properly called Proto-West Germanic). German and English are sister languages, descended from West Germanic.
Similar: Proto-West Germanic

adjective

Of or relating to these languages.

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Deutsch	Westgermanisch

adj Translations

Deutsch	westgermanisch
Русский	западногерма́нский zapadnogermánskij
Tiếng Việt	ngữ chi German Tây

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@misc{west_germanic_2026,
  title = {West Germanic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/west%20germanic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}