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(sıfat) Germanik
{s} Germanik
Alman

Almanca, Hollandaca, Norveççe ve İngilizce; Cermen dilleridirler. - German, Dutch, Norwegian and English are Germanic languages.

Köln Katedrali, Alman ülkelerinin en büyük gotik katedralidir. - Cologne Cathedral is the largest gothic cathedral of the Germanic countries.

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proto-germanic
(Dilbilim) Germen dillerinin tarih öncesine dayanan atası
indo germanic
İndo german
English - English
Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic
Having German characteristics
The early, undocumented language from which other Germanic languages such as German, English, Dutch and Scandinavian languages developed
The group of Indo-European languages that developed from Germanic
Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons)
Of or containing germanium
Containing germanium with a valence of 4
{a} belonging to Germany
{s} of or pertaining to the Teutons; German; of the Germanic language group (includes German, Dutch, English, and others)
If you describe someone or something as Germanic, you think that their appearance or behaviour is typical of German people or things. He asked in his Germanic English if I was enjoying France
Relating to the Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons
Germanic is used to describe the ancient culture and language of the peoples of northern Europe. the Germanic tribes of pre-Christian Europe. adj. Germanic languages Germanic law Germanic religion
{i} Germanic language, division of the Indo-European family of languages
Indo-European family to which English, German, and Scandinavian languages (minus Finnish) belong and which is distinguished by first syllable stress, characteristic vowel changes, the First Consonant Shift or Grimm's Law, two-tense verb system (present/past), use of the dental suffix to signal 'past' in weak verbs, strong and weak adjectives, and a common distinctive vocabulary
adjective designating the languages and/or the ethnicity of a group of tribes living in North Central Europe from the last few centuries BC As a language, Germanic arose from Indo-European; by about 400 AD, Proto-Germanic had begun to break up into the languages that became modern German, English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, etc Starting in about 375, many of the Germanic tribes began what is called the "Great Migration," leaving their homelands and moving around Europe The destruction of Rome in 476 and the invasion of England by the Angles and Saxons in the late fifth century were both part of the migration phenomenon
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts"
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology"
The Germanic languages form one branch of Indo-European, comprising two main groups: the Scandinavian languages of Northern Europe, and - in western Europe - German, Frisian, Dutch and English The term is extended to the peoples speaking these languages, and to their art and culture
Pertaining to, or containing, germanium
of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness"
Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy
Teutonic

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Germanic language
{i} Germanic, division of the Indo-European family of languages
Germanic languages
Branch of the Indo-European language family, comprising languages descended from Proto-Germanic. These are divided into West Germanic, including English, German, Frisian, Dutch, Afrikaans, and Yiddish; North Germanic, including Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Faeroese (the language of the Faroe Islands); and East Germanic, now extinct, comprising Gothic and the languages of the Vandals, Burgundians, and a few other tribes. The Gothic Bible of AD 350 is the earliest extensive Germanic text. The West Germanic languages developed around the North Sea and in overseas areas colonized by their speakers. The North Germanic, or Scandinavian, languages, were carried as far west as Greenland and as far east as Russia in the Viking expansion of the early Middle Ages. The continental Scandinavian languages were strongly influenced by Low German in the late Middle Ages, but Icelandic and Faeroese have preserved many characteristics of Old Scandinavian grammar
Germanic law
Law of the various Germanic peoples from ancient times to the Middle Ages. It was essentially unwritten tribal custom, which evolved from popular practice and moved with the tribe. With the spread of Christianity, ecclesiastical law, derived from Roman law, gained importance, especially in matters of marriage and succession. A mercantile law, developed by the 12th century to meet the needs of traders, further eroded the power of local law
Germanic religion
Beliefs, rituals, and mythology of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples, in a geographic area extending from the Black Sea across central Europe and Scandinavia to Iceland and Greenland. The religion died out in central Europe with the conversion to Christianity (4th century) but continued in Scandinavia until the 10th century. The Old Norse literature of medieval Iceland, notably the Poetic Edda ( 1200) and the Prose Edda ( 1222), recounts the lore of the Germanic gods. The earth was held to have been created out of a cosmic void called Ginnungagap; in another account the first gods formed it from the body of a primeval giant, Aurgelmir. There were two sets of gods in the Germanic pantheon, the warlike Aesir and the agricultural Vanir. Germanic religion also encompassed belief in female guardian spirits, elves, and dwarfs. Rites were conducted in the open or in groves and forests; animal and human sacrifice was practiced. Ragnarok is the Germanic doomsday
Celto-Germanic
Of, being, or pertaining to an artistic style developed in northern and western Europe between the fifth and ninth centuries characterised primarily by the use of recognisable human or animal structures interlaced into complex designs and patterns, chiefly found in Christian illuminated manuscripts of Britain and Ireland
Celto-Germanic
Of or pertaining to both the Celtic and Germanic peoples
East Germanic
Of or relating to the East Germanic languages, a subdivision of the Germanic languages
Indo-Germanic
Indo-European (hypothetical language)
North Germanic
A branch of the Germanic language family which comprises Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish
Proto-Germanic
Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English
West Germanic
A branch of the Germanic language family consisting of English, Frisian languages, Dutch, Low Saxon languages, German, Yiddish, and their immediate predecessors
West Germanic
Of or relating to these languages
West Germanic
The putative unattested ancestor of these languages (more properly called Proto-West Germanic)

The degree of actual Dutch influence on the Norwich dialect is somewhat difficult to determine for the rather obvious reason that Dutch and English are closely related languages, both descended from West Germanic, and resemblances bewteen Dutch and forms of English are therefore most usually due not to the influence of Dutch on English, or vice versa, but to their common origin.

proto-germanic
(Dilbilim) The reconstructed prehistoric ancestor of the Germanic languages
East Germanic
The subdivision of the Germanic languages that includes Gothic
Indo-Germanic
Indo-European, of or relating to Indo-European languages
North Germanic
A subdivision of the Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, and Faroese. Also called Norse, Scandinavian
North Germanic languages
{i} northern family of Germanic languages, Scandinavian
West Germanic
A subdivision of the Germanic languages that includes High German, Low German, Yiddish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and English
east germanic
an extinct branch of the Germanic languages
west germanic
a branch of the Germanic languages
germanic
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