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Germanic has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A native of Germania.

Adjective
1

of or relating to the language of Germans

"the Germanic sound shifts"

2

of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

"Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"

"Germanic mythology"

3

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

4

Of or containing germanium.

Proper Noun
1

The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages such as Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Yiddish, and Scandinavian languages developed.

Example Sentences
"the Germanic sound shifts" adjective
"Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British" adjective
"Germanic mythology" adjective
See Also
thing dutch eburones common native niflheim suebian old saxon
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Indo-European
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
West Germanic Proto-Norse Old Norse Scandinavian East Germanic
Rhyming Words
nic danic zanic kinic sinic panic vinic yonic eonic tunic punic xenic ionic sonic monic manic nonic cynic conic genic
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