Germanic

Germanic
I. adjective Date: 1633 1. german 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Germanic-speaking peoples 3. of, relating to, or constituting Germanic II. noun Date: 1892 a branch of the Indo-European language family containing English, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Frisian, the Scandinavian languages, and Gothic — see Indo-European languages table

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