Meaning

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

    a Germanic tribe

    germanisch

    герма́нскийgermánskij

    герма́нськийhermánsʹkyj

    of or relating to the language of Germans

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

    a Germanic language

    germanisch

    герма́нскийgermánskij

  3. (proscribed, sometimes)Having German characteristics.

    He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

    deutsch, deutsch klingend, typisch deutsch

    неме́цкийneméckij, герма́нскийgermánskij

Examples

39 sentences
  1. The Gauls are close to the Germanic tribes.

  2. German, Dutch, Norwegian and English are Germanic languages.

    Німецька, нідерландська, норвезька та англійська — германські мови. — deniko

    ruНемецкий, голландский, норвежский и английский - германские языки. — marafon

    deDeutsch, Niederländisch, Norwegisch und Englisch sind germanische Sprachen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. It's a Germanic name.

    Це германське ім'я. — deniko

    ruЭто германское имя. — marafon

  4. I love Germanic languages.

    Я люблю германські мови. — deniko

    ruЯ люблю германские языки. — Selena777

    deIch liebe germanische Sprachen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. English is a Germanic language.

    Англійська — це германська мова. — deniko

    ruАнглийский — это германский язык. — sharptoothed

    deEnglisch ist eine germanische Sprache. — pne

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
relating to the Germanic peoples:
Русский
By meaning 2
relating to the Germanic peoples:
having German characteristics:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
relating to the Germanic peoples:
having German characteristics:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more Germanic, most Germanic
Comparativemore Germanic Lesson
Superlativemost Germanic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages:Teutonic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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