North Germanic

North Germanic

n.

A subdivision of the Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, and Faroese. Also called Norse, Scandinavian.

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Noun

1.

North Germanic - the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland Nordic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian language, Scandinavian, Norse Germanic, Germanic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic Danish - a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark Icelandic - a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland Norwegian - a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway Swedish - a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland Faeroese, Faroese - a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands