Definition of Germanic language

1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Germanic Language

German measles virus
German millet
German monetary unit
German police dog
German rampion
German shepherd
German shepherd dog
German short-haired pointer
German silver
German studies
German tamarisk
German virgin
German virgins
German wheel
Germanic
Germanic language
Germanically
Germanisation
Germanish
Germanism
Germanisms
Germanist
Germanistics
Germanists
Germanization
Germanizations
Germanize
Germanized
Germanizes
Germanizing

Literary usage of Germanic language

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... bad ; which exists in that language as well as in our own. cognate Indo-Germanic language we find a regular and more congenial positive still existing, ..."

2. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"Chief Characteristics of the germanic language. Before entering upon a discussion of the development of German sounds let us cast a glance at the chief ..."

3. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"... English had no original connexion, and that such traces of inflexion as appear in English must have been borrowed from some Indo-germanic language with ..."

4. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"Thus, if he is comparing a Germanic with a Slavonic language, he will expect on the whole greater divergence between them than between the germanic language ..."

5. Writing and Speaking: A Text-book of Rhetoric by Charles Sears Baldwin (1909)
"England, then, developed a germanic language into English; France developed a Latin language into French. What happened when the one was conquered by the ..."

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