Germanic

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages such as Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Yiddish, and Scandinavian languages developed.
• The group of Indo-European languages that developed from Germanic.

Adjective

• Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
• Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
• Having German characteristics.

Noun

• A native of Germania.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin germānicus.