germanic Synonyms
Another word for germanic
• adjective (Context 1)
Relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, or to the peoples who speak them.
"English has a teutonic grammatical structure combined with a vast Romance vocabulary."
• noun (Context 2)
A major branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively across northern and western Europe, North America, and Oceania, comprising West Germanic (including English, German, and Dutch), North Germanic (the Scandinavian languages), and the extinct East Germanic (including Gothic); or the unattested prehistoric ancestor language (Proto-Germanic) from which they descended.
"Grimm's Law explains the systematic sound shifts that separated teutonic from other Indo-European languages."
• adjective (Context 3)
Relating to or characteristic of the ancient tribes of northern and central Europe, or of modern Germany and its culture.
"The museum's new exhibit features weapons and jewelry from early teutonic settlements along the Rhine."