adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to these languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
West Germanic
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name
Meaning 2
The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of English, Frisian languages, Dutch, Afrikaans, Low Saxon languages, German, and Yiddish, and their immediate predecessors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
Meaning 3
The presumed unattested ancestor of these languages (more properly called Proto-West Germanic).
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Synonyms: Proto-West Germanic
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noun
Meaning 4
a branch of the Germanic languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: West Germanic language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Germanic, Germanic language
Narrower terms: English, English language, German, High German, German language, Low German, Plattdeutsch, Dutch, Frisian
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: západogermánské jazyky — Translations
- Dutch: West-Germaans — Translations
- German: westgermanisch — Translations
- Russian: западногерма́нский (zapadnogermánskij) — Translations
- Scots: Wast Germanic — Translations
- Ukrainian: західнонімецький (zaxidnonimecʹkyj) — Translations
- Vietnamese: ngữ chi German Tây — Translations
- German: Westgermanisch — Translations