GERMANIC

Teutonic, Germanic

(adjective) of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; “Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British”; “Germanic mythology”

Germanic

(adjective) of or relating to the language of Germans; “the Germanic sound shifts”

Germanic, Germanic language

(noun) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Germanic

(linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages such as Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Yiddish, and Scandinavian languages developed.

Synonyms: Proto-Germanic, Common Germanic

(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from Germanic.

Adjective

Germanic (comparative more Germanic, superlative most Germanic)

Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).

(linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

Having German characteristics.

Synonyms: German, Teutonic

Noun

Germanic (plural Germanics)

(history) A native of Germania.

Synonym: Germanian

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• amercing, creaming

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germanic (not comparable)

Of or containing germanium.

Containing germanium with a valence of 4.

Anagrams

• amercing, creaming

Source: Wiktionary

Ger*man"ic, a. (Chem.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

Ger*man"ic, a. Etym: [L. Germanicus: cf. F. germanique. See German, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.

2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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