North Germanic

North Germanic

n. A subdivision of the Germanic languages that includes Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, and Faroese. Also called Norse, Scandinavian.

North Germanic

n (Languages) a subbranch of the Germanic languages that consists of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and their associated dialects. See also Old Norse

North′ German′ic

n. the branch of Germanic that includes Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Faeroese, and Icelandic.

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North Germanic - the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and IcelandNordic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian language, Scandinavian, NorseGermanic, Germanic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West GermanicDanish - a Scandinavian language that is the official language of DenmarkIcelandic - a Scandinavian language that is the official language of IcelandNorwegian - a Scandinavian language that is spoken in NorwaySwedish - a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of FinlandFaeroese, Faroese - a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands