adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a Germanic tribe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Germanic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/
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US: /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- a Germanic language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Teutonic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having German characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
Examples
- He arrived with Germanic punctuality.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: German, Teutonic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of or containing germanium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Containing germanium with a valence of 4.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ur-Germanic, Proto-Germanic, Common Germanic
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 7
The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Synonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: German
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British
- Germanic mythology
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Teutonic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 10
of or relating to the language of Germans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Germanic sound shifts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Germanic language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
Narrower terms: West Germanic, West Germanic language, Proto-Norse, Old Norse, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, East Germanic, East Germanic language
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.
Etymology tree English germanium Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English germanic From germanium + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
165 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جَرْمَانِيّ (jarmāniyy) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Aragonese: chermanico — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Armenian: գերմանական (germanakan) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Belarusian: герма́нскі (hjermánski) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Bulgarian: герма́нски (germánski) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Catalan: germànic — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Chinese Mandarin: 日耳曼 (rì'ěrmàn) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Czech: germánský — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Danish: germansk — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Dutch: Germaans — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Esperanto: ĝermana — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Faroese: germanskur — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Finnish: germaaninen — relating to the Germanic peoples
- French: germanique — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Galician: xermánico — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Georgian: გერმანიკული (germaniḳuli) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- German: germanisch — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Hungarian: germán — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Italian: germanico — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Japanese: ゲルマン (geruman) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Korean: 게르만 (gereuman) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Latin: germanicus — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Luxembourgish: germanesch — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Macedonian: германски (germanski) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Norwegian: germansk — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Occitan: germanic — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Persian: ژرمنی (žermani) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Polish: germański — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Portuguese: germânico — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Portuguese: alemão — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Romanian: germanic — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Russian: герма́нский (germánskij) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Serbo-Croatian: гѐрма̄нскӣ — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Serbo-Croatian: gèrmānskī — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Slovak: germánsky — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Slovene: germanski — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Spanish: germano — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Spanish: germánico — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Swahili: Mjerumaniki — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Swedish: germansk — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Turkish: Cermen — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Ukrainian: герма́нський (hermánsʹkyj) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Yiddish: גערמאַניש (germanish) — relating to the Germanic peoples
- Arabic: جَرْمَانِيّ (jarmāniyy) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Armenian: գերմանական (germanakan) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Belarusian: герма́нскі (hjermánski) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Bulgarian: герма́нски (germánski) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Catalan: germànic — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Czech: germánský — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Danish: germansk — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Dutch: Germaans — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Faroese: germanskur — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Finnish: germaaninen — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- French: germanique — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Galician: xermánico — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Georgian: გერმანიკული (germaniḳuli) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- German: germanisch — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Hungarian: germán — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Italian: germanico — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Latin: germanicus — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Macedonian: ге́рмански (gérmanski) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Norwegian: germansk — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Occitan: germanic — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Persian: ژرمنی (žermani) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Polish: germański — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Portuguese: germânico — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Romanian: germanic — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Russian: герма́нский (germánskij) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Serbo-Croatian: гѐрма̄нскӣ — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Serbo-Croatian: gèrmānskī — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Spanish: germánico — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Swahili: -a Kijerumaniki — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Swedish: germansk — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Turkish: Cermen — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Yiddish: גערמאַניש (germanish) — relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
- Armenian: գերմանական (germanakan) — having German characteristics
- Bulgarian: герма́нски (germánski) — having German characteristics
- Catalan: alemany — having German characteristics
- Catalan: germànic — having German characteristics
- Danish: tysk — having German characteristics
- Dutch: Germaans — having German characteristics
- Faroese: týskur — having German characteristics
- Finnish: saksalainen — having German characteristics
- French: germanique — having German characteristics
- Galician: xermánico — having German characteristics
- Georgian: გერმანული (germanuli) — having German characteristics
- German: deutsch — having German characteristics
- German: deutsch klingend — having German characteristics
- German: typisch deutsch — having German characteristics
- Hungarian: germán — having German characteristics
- Irish: Gearmánach — having German characteristics
- Italian: germanico — having German characteristics
- Macedonian: ге́рмански (gérmanski) — having German characteristics
- Norwegian: tysk — having German characteristics
- Norwegian: germansk — having German characteristics
- Occitan: germanic — having German characteristics
- Persian: ژرمنی (žermani) — having German characteristics
- Polish: germański — having German characteristics
- Portuguese: germânico — having German characteristics
- Portuguese: alemão — having German characteristics
- Romanian: germanic — having German characteristics
- Russian: неме́цкий (neméckij) — having German characteristics
- Russian: герма́нский (germánskij) — having German characteristics
- Serbo-Croatian: њѐмачкӣ — having German characteristics
- Serbo-Croatian: njèmačkī — having German characteristics
- Swahili: -a Kijerumaniki — having German characteristics
- Yiddish: דײַטש (daytsh) — having German characteristics
- Afrikaans: Germaans — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Arabic: الجِرْمَانِيَّة (al-jirmāniyya) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Arabic: جرماني (jirmāni) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Catalan: germànic — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Chinese Cantonese: 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 (jat6 ji5 maan6 jyu5) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Chinese Mandarin: 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 (rì'ěrmànyǔ) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Danish: germanskt — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Dutch: Germaans — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Faroese: germanskt — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Finnish: germaaninen kantakieli — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- French: germanique — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- German: Germanisch — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Hindi: जर्मनिक (jarmanik) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Hungarian: germán — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Irish: Gearmáinic — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Italian: germanico — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Japanese: ゲルマン語 (gerumango) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Khmer: ហ្គឺរម៉ាននីឝ (gɨɨmaanniih) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Latin: Germanici — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Macedonian: ге́рмански (gérmanski) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Persian: ژرمنی (žermani) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Polish: germański — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Portuguese: germânico — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Romanian: germanică — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Russian: герма́нский язы́к (germánskij jazýk) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Spanish: germánico — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Swahili: Kijerumaniki — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Swedish: germanska — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Welsh: Germanaidd — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish: גערמאַניש (germanish) — early language — see also Proto-Germanic
- Belarusian: герма́нскія мо́вы (hjermánskija móvy) — group of Indo-European languages
- Catalan: germànic — group of Indo-European languages
- Chinese Cantonese: 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族 (jat6 ji5 maan6 jyu5 zuk6) — group of Indo-European languages
- Chinese Mandarin: 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族 (rì'ěrmàn yǔzú) — group of Indo-European languages
- Danish: germansk — group of Indo-European languages
- Dutch: Germaans — group of Indo-European languages
- Finnish: germaaninen — group of Indo-European languages
- French: germanique — group of Indo-European languages
- Galician: xermánico — group of Indo-European languages
- Georgian: გერმანიკული ენები (germaniḳuli enebi) — group of Indo-European languages
- German: Germanisch — group of Indo-European languages
- Hungarian: germán — group of Indo-European languages
- Icelandic: germönsk — group of Indo-European languages
- Irish: Gearmáinic — group of Indo-European languages
- Italian: germanico — group of Indo-European languages
- Japanese: ゲルマン諸語 (geruman shogo) — group of Indo-European languages
- Japanese: ゲルマン語派 (geruman goha) — group of Indo-European languages
- Korean: 게르만 어파 (gereuman eopa) — group of Indo-European languages
- Macedonian: германски (germanski) — group of Indo-European languages
- Norwegian: germansk — group of Indo-European languages
- Polish: germańskie — group of Indo-European languages
- Portuguese: germânico — group of Indo-European languages
- Romanian: germanic — group of Indo-European languages
- Russian: герма́нские языки́ (germánskije jazykí) — group of Indo-European languages
- Scots: Germanic — group of Indo-European languages
- Spanish: germánico — group of Indo-European languages
- Swahili: Kijerumaniki — group of Indo-European languages
- Swedish: germanska — group of Indo-European languages
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