| North Germanic n. A subdivision of the Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, and Faroese. Also called Norse, Scandinavian. |
North Germanic
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(Linguistics / Languages) a subbranch of the Germanic languages that consists of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and their associated dialects See also Old Norse
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| Noun | 1. |  North Germanic - the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and IcelandGermanic, 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 |
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