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germanic germànic
English
Etymology
en la germānicus, equivalent to en German -ic.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ UK
en /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Germanic.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en linguistics 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.
en Ur-Germanic Proto-Germanic Common Germanic
en Emily Dreyfuss That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages Wired (magazine) WIRED https://www.wired.com/2017/04/the-expanse-belter-language/ 2017-04-05 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260930021319/https://www.wired.com/2017/04/the-expanse-belter-language/ 30 September 2026
en linguistics The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
Derived terms
en non-Germanic North Sea Germanic
Related terms
en Proto-North-West Germanic
en Proto-West Germanic, en Proto-West-Germanic
en East Germanic
en North Germanic
en West Germanic
en German
en Germanish
en Teutonic archaic
Translations
early language Proto-Germanic
Afrikaans: af Germaans
Arabic: ar الجِرْمَانِيَّة f
Hijazi Arabic: acw جرماني m jirmāni
Catalan: ca germànic m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 日耳曼語 jat6 ji5 maan6 jyu5
Mandarin: cmn 日耳曼語 rì'ěrmànyǔ
Danish: da germanskt n
Dutch: nl Germaans n
Faroese: fo germanskt n
Finnish: fi germaaninen kantakieli
French: fr germanique m
German: de Germanisch n
Hindi: hi जर्मनिक f
Hungarian: hu germán
Irish: ga Gearmáinic f
Italian: it germanico m
Japanese: ja ゲルマン語 ゲルマンご, gerumango
Khmer: km ហ្គឺរម៉ាននីឝ
Latin: la Germanici
Macedonian: mk ге́рмански m
Persian: fa ژرمنی žermani
Polish: pl germański m
Portuguese: pt germânico m
Romanian: ro germanică f
Russian: ru герма́нский язы́к m
Spanish: es germánico m
Swahili: sw Kijerumaniki 7
Swedish: sv germanska
Welsh: cy Germanaidd
Yiddish: yi גערמאַניש
group of Indo-European languages
Belarusian: be герма́нскія мо́вы
Catalan: ca germànic m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 日耳曼語族 jat6 ji5 maan6 jyu5 zuk6
Mandarin: cmn 日耳曼語族 rì'ěrmàn yǔzú
Danish: da germansk
Dutch: nl Germaans n
Finnish: fi germaaninen
French: fr germanique m
Galician: gl xermánico m
Georgian: ka გერმანიკული ენები
German: de Germanisch n
Hungarian: hu germán
Icelandic: is germönsk
Irish: ga Gearmáinic f
Italian: it germanico m
Japanese: ja ゲルマン諸語 ゲルマンしょご, geruman shogo, ja ゲルマン語派 ゲルマンごは, geruman goha
Kazakh: kk герман тілдері p
Korean: ko 게르만 어파
Macedonian: mk германски
Norwegian: no germansk
Polish: pl germańskie nv
Portuguese: pt germânico m
Romanian: ro germanic m n
Russian: ru герма́нские языки́ m-p
Scots: sco Germanic
Spanish: es germánico m
Swahili: sw Kijerumaniki c7
Swedish: sv germanska
See also
:Category:Terms derived from Germanic languages by language
Further reading
1 gem
Adjective
Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
en a Germanic tribe en Germanic tribes
en linguistics Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
en Teutonic Thesaurus:Germanic language
en a Germanic language
1st Introduction xii Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; .
en sometimes proscribed Having German characteristics.
en German Teutonic
en He arrived with Germanic punctuality.
Derived terms
en Celto-Germanic Germanically Germanic h Germanicist Germanicity Romano-Germanic
Translations
relating to the Germanic peoples
Arabic: ar جَرْمَانِيّ
Aragonese: an chermanico
Armenian: hy գերմանական
Belarusian: be герма́нскі
Bulgarian: bg герма́нски
Catalan: ca germànic
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 日耳曼 rì'ěrmàn
Czech: cs germánský
Danish: da germansk
Dutch: nl Germaans
Esperanto: eo ĝermana
Faroese: fo germanskur
Finnish: fi germaaninen
French: fr germanique
Galician: gl xermánico
Georgian: ka გერმანიკული
German: de germanisch
Hungarian: hu germán
Irish: ga Gearmánach
Italian: it germanico
Japanese: ja ゲルマン geruman
Korean: ko 게르만
Latin: la germanicus
Luxembourgish: lb germanesch
Macedonian: mk германски
Norwegian: no germansk
Occitan: oc germanic
Persian: fa ژرمنی žermani
Polish: pl germański
Portuguese: pt germânico, pt alemão
Romanian: ro germanic
Russian: ru герма́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh гѐрма̄нскӣ
Latin: sh gèrmānskī
Slovak: sk germánsky
Slovene: sl germanski
Spanish: es germano, es germánico
Swahili: sw Mjerumaniki
Swedish: sv germansk
Turkish: tr Cermen
Ukrainian: uk герма́нський
Yiddish: yi גערמאַניש
relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Arabic: ar جَرْمَانِيّ
Armenian: hy գերմանական
Belarusian: be герма́нскі
Bulgarian: bg герма́нски
Catalan: ca germànic
Czech: cs germánský
Danish: da germansk
Dutch: nl Germaans
Faroese: fo germanskur
Finnish: fi germaaninen
French: fr germanique
Galician: gl xermánico
Georgian: ka გერმანიკული
German: de germanisch
Hungarian: hu germán
Irish: ga Gearmánach
Italian: it germanico
Latin: la germanicus
Macedonian: mk ге́рмански
Norwegian: no germansk
Occitan: oc germanic
Persian: fa ژرمنی žermani
Polish: pl germański
Portuguese: pt germânico
Romanian: ro germanic
Russian: ru герма́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh гѐрма̄нскӣ
Latin: sh gèrmānskī
Spanish: es germánico
Swahili: sw -a Kijerumaniki
Swedish: sv germansk
Turkish: tr Cermen
Yiddish: yi גערמאַניש
having German characteristics
Armenian: hy գերմանական
Bulgarian: bg герма́нски
Catalan: ca alemany, ca germànic
Danish: da tysk
Dutch: nl Germaans
Faroese: fo týskur
Finnish: fi saksalainen
French: fr germanique
Galician: gl xermánico
Georgian: ka გერმანული
German: de deutsch, de deutsch klingend, de typisch deutsch
Hungarian: hu germán
Irish: ga Gearmánach
Italian: it germanico
Macedonian: mk ге́рмански
Norwegian: no tysk, no germansk
Occitan: oc germanic
Persian: fa ژرمنی žermani
Polish: pl germański
Portuguese: pt germânico, pt alemão
Romanian: ro germanic
Russian: ru неме́цкий, ru герма́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh њѐмачкӣ
Latin: sh njèmačkī
Swahili: sw -a Kijerumaniki
Yiddish: yi דײַטש
Noun
en historical non-standard en German member of a Germanic tribe
Anagrams
en acegimnr amercing creaming
en Language families