Germanic Synonyms

jər-mănĭk
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Germanic language
Of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. teutonic

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Germanic Sentence Examples

  • In these circumstances the intrusion of Germanic elements into ecclesiastical law is easy to understand.

  • Attempts have been made to show that they were of German origin, but although they were doubtless subject to Germanic influences, they spoke a Celtic language.

  • From 1860 to 1870 he was professor of history at the faculty of letters at Strassburg, where he had a brilliant career as a teacher, but never yielded to the influence exercised by the German universities in the field of classical and Germanic antiquities.

  • He was not himself a Goth, belonging to a confederation of Germanic tribes, embracing Alans and Scyrians, which had come under the influence of the Ostrogoths settled on the lower Danube; and his own sympathies are those of a member of this confederation.

  • Originally Celtic, the population was modified during the Roman period by the arrival of a Germanic people, the Triboci.

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