Germanic
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 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
Types & categories
- Indo-European language hypernym
- West Germanic hyponym
- Proto-Norse hyponym
- Old Norse hyponym
- Scandinavian language hyponym
- East Germanic hyponym
Related & opposite
- Teutonic derivation
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to the language of Germans
the Germanic sound shifts
Related & opposite
- High German derivation
- Germanic pertains to
Sense 3 adjective
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British
Related & opposite
- Germanic derivation
- High German derivation
- Teuton pertains to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Teutonic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | Indo-European language |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | West Germanic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Proto-Norse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Old Norse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Scandinavian language |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | East Germanic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | High German |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | Germanic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Germanic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | High German |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | Teuton |