germanic

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UK/d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/US/d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/

adjective

Of or containing germanium.

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Meanings

germanic1

adjectivegermanic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or containing germanium.
  2. not comparableContaining germanium with a valence of 4.

Germanic2

proper noun
  1. human sciencesThe early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

    Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.

    2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022

    Synonyms: Ur-Germanic, Proto-Germanic, Common Germanic

  2. human sciencesThe group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
adjectiveGermanic (comparative more Germanic, superlative most Germanic)

comparative more Germanic · superlative most Germanic

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

    a Germanic tribe

  2. human sciencesRelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

    a Germanic language

    1 more example

    Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].

    1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii

    Synonyms: Teutonic

  3. proscribedsometimesHaving German characteristics.

    He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

    Synonyms: German, Teutonic

nounGermanic (plural Germanics)

plural Germanics

  1. historicalnonstandardSynonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”)

    Synonyms: German

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

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Ur-GermanicProto-GermanicCommon Germanic

adjectiveRelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

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Teutonic

adjectiveHaving German characteristics.

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GermanTeutonic

nounSynonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”)

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German

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

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Teutonic

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

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Germanic language
Broader
Indo-EuropeanIndo-European languageIndo-Hittite
Also see
common germanicgermanproto-germanicteutonicur-germanic

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Origin

germanic · adjective

From germanium + -ic.

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Germanic · proper noun, adjective, noun

  1. Latingermānicus
  2. EnglishGermanic

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

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Translations

Afrikaans Germaans
  • Germaansearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
Arabic الجِرْمَانِيَّة, جَرْمَانِيّ
  • الجِرْمَانِيَّة (al-jirmāniyya)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • جَرْمَانِيّ (jarmāniyy)relating to the Germanic peoples
  • جَرْمَانِيّ (jarmāniyy)relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Bulgarian герма́нски, герма́нски
  • герма́нски (germánski)relating to the Germanic peoples
  • герма́нски (germánski)relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • герма́нски (germánski)having German characteristics
Catalan germànic, germànic
  • germànicearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germànicgroup of Indo-European languages
  • germànicrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germànicrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • alemanyhaving German characteristics
  • germànichaving German characteristics
Chinese Cantonese 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语, 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族
  • 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 (jat⁶ ji⁵ maan⁶ jyu⁵)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • 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 /日耳曼语, 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族
  • 日耳曼語 /日耳曼语 (rì'ěrmànyǔ)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • 日耳曼語族 /日耳曼语族 (rì'ěrmàn yǔzú)group of Indo-European languages
  • 日耳曼 (rì'ěrmàn)relating to the Germanic peoples
Czech germánský, germánský
  • germánskýrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germánskýrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Danish germanskt, germansk
  • germansktearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germanskgroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanskrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanskrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • tyskhaving German characteristics
Dutch Germaans, Germaans
  • Germaansearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • Germaansgroup of Indo-European languages
  • Germaansrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • Germaansrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • Germaanshaving German characteristics
Esperanto ĝermana
  • ĝermanarelating to the Germanic peoples
Finnish germaaninen kantakieli, germaaninen
  • germaaninen kantakieliearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germaaninengroup of Indo-European languages
  • germaaninenrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germaaninenrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • saksalainenhaving German characteristics
French germanique, germanique
  • germaniqueearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germaniquegroup of Indo-European languages
  • germaniquerelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germaniquerelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • germaniquehaving German characteristics
German Germanisch, Germanisch
  • Germanischearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • Germanischgroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanischrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanischrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • deutschhaving German characteristics
  • deutsch klingendhaving German characteristics
  • typisch deutschhaving German characteristics
Hindi जर्मनिक
  • जर्मनिक (jarmanik)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
Hungarian germán, germán
  • germánearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germángroup of Indo-European languages
  • germánrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germánrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • germánhaving German characteristics
Icelandic germönsk
  • germönskgroup of Indo-European languages
Irish Gearmáinic, Gearmáinic
  • Gearmáinicearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • Gearmáinicgroup of Indo-European languages
  • Gearmánachhaving German characteristics
Italian germanico, germanico
  • germanicoearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germanicogroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanicorelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanicorelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • germanicohaving German characteristics
Japanese ゲルマン語, ゲルマン諸語
  • ゲルマン語 (gerumango)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • ゲルマン諸語 (geruman shogo)group of Indo-European languages
  • ゲルマン語派 (geruman goha)group of Indo-European languages
  • ゲルマン (geruman)relating to the Germanic peoples
Korean 게르만 어파, 게르만
  • 게르만 어파 (gereuman eopa)group of Indo-European languages
  • 게르만 (gereuman)relating to the Germanic peoples
Latin Germanici, germanicus
  • Germaniciearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germanicusrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanicusrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Norwegian germansk, germansk
  • germanskgroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanskrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanskrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • tyskhaving German characteristics
  • germanskhaving German characteristics
Persian ژرمنی, ژرمنی
  • ژرمنی (žermani)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • ژرمنی (žermani)relating to the Germanic peoples
  • ژرمنی (žermani)relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • ژرمنی (žermani)having German characteristics
Polish germański, germańskie
  • germańskiearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germańskiegroup of Indo-European languages
  • germańskirelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germańskirelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • germańskihaving German characteristics
Portuguese germânico, germânico
  • germânicoearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germânicogroup of Indo-European languages
  • germânicorelating to the Germanic peoples
  • alemãorelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germânicorelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • germânicohaving German characteristics
  • alemãohaving German characteristics
Romanian germanică, germanic
  • germanicăearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germanicgroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanicrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanicrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • germanichaving German characteristics
Russian герма́нский язы́к, герма́нские языки́
  • герма́нский язы́к (germánskij jazýk)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • герма́нские языки́ (germánskije jazykí)group of Indo-European languages
  • герма́нский (germánskij)relating to the Germanic peoples
  • герма́нский (germánskij)relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • неме́цкий (neméckij)having German characteristics
  • герма́нский (germánskij)having German characteristics
Slovak germánsky
  • germánskyrelating to the Germanic peoples
Spanish germánico, germánico
  • germánicoearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germánicogroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanorelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germánicorelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germánicorelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Swahili Kijerumaniki, Kijerumaniki
  • Kijerumanikiearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • Kijerumanikigroup of Indo-European languages
  • Mjerumanikirelating to the Germanic peoples
  • -a Kijerumanikirelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • -a Kijerumanikihaving German characteristics
Swedish germanska, germanska
  • germanskaearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • germanskagroup of Indo-European languages
  • germanskrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • germanskrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Turkish Cermen, Cermen
  • Cermenrelating to the Germanic peoples
  • Cermenrelating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Ukrainian герма́нський
  • герма́нський (hermánsʹkyj)relating to the Germanic peoples
Welsh Germanaidd
  • Germanaiddearly language — see also Proto-Germanic
Yiddish גערמאַניש, גערמאַניש
  • גערמאַניש (germanish)early language — see also Proto-Germanic
  • גערמאַניש (germanish)relating to the Germanic peoples
  • גערמאַניש (germanish)relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
  • דײַטש (daytsh)having German characteristics

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

creaming
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APA

germanic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germanic

MLA

“germanic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germanic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “germanic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germanic.

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