Germanic /-manˈik/ adjective

1. Of Germany
2. Of the linguistic family to which German, English, Norwegian, etc belong, Teutonic

An extinct Indo-European language which differentiated into East Germanic (Gothic and other extinct languages), North Germanic or Scandinavian (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic) and West Germanic (English, Frisian, Dutch, Low German, High German)

Germanˈically adverb

Gerˈmanish adjective

Somewhat German

Gerˈmanism noun

1. A German idiom
2. German ideas and ways

Gerˈmanist noun

An expert in German philology or other matters relating to Germany

Germanisˈtic adjective

Relating to the study of German

Germanizāˈtion or Germanisāˈtion noun

Gerˈmanīze or Gerˈmanīse transitive verb

To make German

1. To become German
2. To adopt German ways

Germanˈophil noun

A person who admires the Germans and things German, now usu Germanˈophile

Germanophilˈia noun

Germanˈophobe noun

A person who fears or hates the Germans and things German

German band noun

Street musicians, orig from Germany

German flute noun

The ordinary modern flute

German measles singular noun

Rubella

German Ocean noun (archaic)

The North Sea

German shepherd or German shepherd dog noun

The Alsatian dog

German silver noun

An alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, white like silver, and first made in Germany

German sixth noun (music)

A chord with major third, perfect fifth, and augmented sixth

High German

The literary language throughout Germany, orig the speech of High or S Germany

Low German

1. Plattdeutsch, the language or dialects of Low or N Germany
2. Formerly applied to all the W Germanic dialects except High German