Definitions for Germanic

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Germanic ger·man·ic

Spelling: [jer-man-ik, -mey-nik]

IPA: /dʒərˈmæn ɪk, -ˈmeɪ nɪk/

Germanic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 419 anagrams from letters in Germanic (acegimnr).

Definitions for Germanic

noun

1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
2. Proto-Germanic (def 1).
3. an ancient Indo-European language, the immediate linguistic ancestor of the Germanic languages. Abbreviation: Gmc.

adjective

1. of or containing germanium, especially in the tetravalent state.
2. of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
3. German.
4. of, relating to, or noting the Germanic branch of languages.

Origin of Germanic

First recorded in 1885-90; german(ium) + -ic

Examples for Germanic

germanic England greatly differed in this from germanic France.

Matzo ball soup is definitely American, but also Eastern European and germanic and French.

Italian unification in 1861 married the germanic north with the Latin south.

This was in fact the usual course of the germanic procedure.

The germanic chain was complete, with every link welded together.

Yes, as a figure, “Santa Claus” has his roots in early Christian Europe, Dutch folklore, and germanic paganism.

This applies only to the germanic side; there is little change on the Russian.

I know the play started in England and is now in America, but there is a slightly germanic quality to it.

“For me to learn any Romance or germanic dialect, just put me in the environment, and it would come alive,” he said.

The germanic invasions of France are matters of elementary history.