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Teutonic
[ too-ton-ik, tyoo- ]
Teutonic
/ tjuːˈtɒnɪk /
adjective
- characteristic of or relating to the German people
Teutonic thoroughness
- of or relating to the ancient Teutons
- (not used in linguistics) of or relating to the Germanic languages
noun
- an obsolete name for Germanic
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Derived Forms
- Teuˈtonically, adverb
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Other Words From
- Teu·ton·i·cal·ly adverb
- an·ti-Teu·ton·ic adjective
- non-Teu·ton·ic adjective
- pro-Teu·ton·ic adjective
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Example Sentences
The attempt to “breed back” the Auroch of Teutonic legend was of a piece with the Nazi obsession with racial purity and eugenics.
Yet by equating their engineering with Teutonic rigor the Germans have created the impression of an exclusive proprietary quality.
The Germans knew they had a special sea creature in their Teutonic grip.
He conducted a 24-year-long war against Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, and the Teutonic Knights, and lost.
It was more about the way art looked: it should be as naturalistic as possible, and be made by Teutonic or Scandinavian artists.
You might guess at the first glance that she had in her the blood of both the Teutonic and the Latin races.
Unluckily for Coronado, Clara was half Teutonic, and could comprehend the tone of her father's race.
Early in the 5th century the Teutonic conquest of Gaul cut the island off from Rome.
In China kong means king, and in modern England king is a slightly decayed form of the Teutonic konig or kinig.
The grandmother of the Teutonic deity Tyr was a fierce giantess with nine hundred heads; his father was an enemy of the gods.
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