Germanic (redirected from Germanics)

Ger·man·ic  (jr-mnk)

adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany or its people, language, or culture.

b. Of or relating to the Teutons.

2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that comprises North Germanic, West Germanic, and the extinct East Germanic.

3. Of or relating to a member of a Germanic-speaking people.

n.

The Germanic branch of Indo-European.

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germanic [dʒɜːˈmænɪk]

adj

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) of or containing germanium in the tetravalent state

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Germanic [dʒɜːˈmænɪk]

n

1. (Linguistics / Languages) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes English, Dutch, German, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic See East Germanic, West Germanic, North Germanic Abbreviation Gmc

2. (Linguistics / Languages) (Historical Terms) the unrecorded language from which all of these languages developed; Proto-Germanic

adj

1. (Linguistics / Languages) (Historical Terms) of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages

2. (Placename) (Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany, the German language, or any people that speaks a Germanic language

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Germanic - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic Germanic language Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia West Germanic, West Germanic language - a branch of the Germanic languages Proto-Norse - the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700 Old Norse - the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350 Nordic, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian language, Scandinavian, Norse - the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland East Germanic, East Germanic language - an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
Adj.	1.	Germanic - of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts"
	2.	Germanic - of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology" Teutonic

Translations

Germanic [dʒɜːˈmænɪk] ADJ → germánico

Germanic [dʒɜː^rˈmænɪk] adj (= typically German) → allemand(e)

(= ancient German) → germanique
German measles n → rubéole f
German shepherd n → berger m allemand
German speaker n → germanophone mf
German-speaking [ˈdʒɜː^rmənspiːkɪŋ] adj → germanophone

Germanic

adj

(= German in character) voice, accent → deutsch klingend; (= typically German) trait, style → (typisch) deutsch

(Hist, Ling) language, people, tribe, society → germanisch

Germanic [dʒɜːˈmænɪk] adj → germanico/a