germanic
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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the Teutons or their languages.
2.
3.
of, pertaining to, or noting the Germanic branch of languages.
noun
4.
5.
Proto-Germanic ( def 1 ).
6.
an ancient Indo-European language, the immediate linguistic ancestor of the Germanic languages. Abbreviation: Gmc
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| —adj | |
| of or containing germanium in the tetravalent state | |
| Germanic (dʒɜːˈmænɪk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | East Germanic West Germanic See North Germanic Gmc a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes English, Dutch, German, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic |
| 2. | the unrecorded language from which all of these languages developed; Proto-Germanic |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of, denoting, or relating to this group of languages |
| 4. | of, relating to, or characteristic of Germany, the German language, or any people that speaks a Germanic language |
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Example sentences
Thereafter, everything goes smashingly, since they still have the old-Germanic conception of work.
The germanic elites were arians, and the majority population nicene.
Germanic genealogy: a guide to worldwide sources and migration patterns.
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