Germanic Meaning
/d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or containing germanium.
nameThe early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.
Sentence Examples
English is a Germanic language.
Ancient Germanic tribes used medicinal herbs in their attempts to cure diseases.
The Gauls are close to the Germanic tribes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The group of ____ languages today includes English, German, and Dutch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
English, Dutch, and German are all members of the ____ family of languages that share a common ancestor.
Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The group of ____ languages today includes English, German, and Dutch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
English, Dutch, and German are all members of the ____ family of languages that share a common ancestor.