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Definitions: Germanic |
GermanicAdjective1. Of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts". 2. Of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology". 3. Of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness. Noun1. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Germanic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: GermanicSynonyms: German (adj), Teutonic (adj), Germanic language (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Germanic |
| English words defined with "Germanic": angle ♦ Batavian, break ♦ Dutch ♦ East Germanic, East Germanic language, English, English language ♦ frank, Frisian ♦ German, German language, Germanic language, Gothic, Grimm ♦ High German ♦ Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, jute ♦ Langobard, Lombard ♦ Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language ♦ Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar, Old Norse ♦ Proto-Norse ♦ rundown, rune, runic letter ♦ Saxon, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language ♦ Teuton, Teutonic, thorn ♦ vandal ♦ West Germanic, West Germanic language. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Germanic": Fenians. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Germanic": Indo-Germanic ♦ Tedesco, Teuton. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Germanic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (germanic, teutonic). |
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Screenplays | He looked very North-African and he had something oriental in his face; actually, he looked more like a Turk, like a Germanic Turk, with blue eyes (Billy Ze Kick; writing credit: Gérard Guérin; Gérard Mordillat) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | S.S. Germanic.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | The Netherlands | The Dutch are primarily of Germanic stock with some Gallo-Celtic mixture. (references) |
Belgium | In the third century AD, Germanic Franks migrated into what is now Belgium. (references) | |
Belgium | About 100 years later, the Germanic tribe of the Franks invaded and took possession of Belgium. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Germanic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Germanic" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 160 | 24,760 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Germanic": East Germanic ♦ East Germanic language ♦ essentially germanic ♦ germanic hero ♦ germanic language ♦ germanic philologist ♦ germanic philology ♦ North Germanic ♦ North Germanic language ♦ primitive germanic ♦ West Germanic ♦ West Germanic language. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Germanic": germanic-speaking. | |
Ending with "Germanic": anti-germanic, Indo-Germanic, pan-germanic, proto-germanic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
germanic icon maker | 84 | germanic god | 4 |
germanic icon | 24 | germanic mythology | 4 |
germanic tribe | 23 | germanic proto | 4 |
germanic | 18 | font germanic | 3 |
the germanic language | 14 | germanic history | 3 |
germanic symbol | 13 | culture germanic | 3 |
germanic rune | 13 | american germanic institute | 2 |
germanic name | 8 | english germanic language | 2 |
germanic people | 6 | germanic picture tribe | 2 |
art germanic | 5 | germanic indoeuropean language | 2 |
alphabet germanic | 5 | germanic soccer | 2 |
germanic tattoo | 4 | genealogy germanic | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "Germanic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | Germaans (Teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gjerman (dutchman, german, Hun, Jerry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ألماني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | германски (german, saxon, teutonic), прагермански език (teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 日耳曼 , 德国 (Germany). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | germánský (teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Germaans (Teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ĝermana (Teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ژرمنی , وابسته به المان , توتونیک , المانی (German, Jerry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | germaaninen (Teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | germanique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | germanisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | germánium-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | germanico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Germaanagh (German). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | germániko (Teutonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermanicgay germano (whole), alemão (German, german accent, germane, gerrymander, hunch, Jersey). (various references) germanic (teutonic), germana comunã. (various references) германский (german). (various references) germanski (german). (various references) germánico. (various references) germansk (teutonic). (various references) เกี่ยวกับเชื้อชาติ วั'นธรรม และ าษาเยอรมัน, าษาตระกูลอินโ"ยุโรเปียน. (various references) germanik. (various references) тевтонський (teutonic), германський (gothic, teutonic), німецький (german). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Germanic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Germainie, Germana, germani, Germanism, germanist, Germidis, Gorzanis, Granick, Hermanek, Jermanis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Germanic" (pronounced jerma"nik) |
| 5 | -m a" n i k | manic. |
| 4 | -a" n i k | botanic, galvanic, inorganic, mechanic, messianic, oceanic, organic, panic, satanic, Titanic, transoceanic, tympanic, volcanic. |
| 3 | -n i k | allophonic, arsenic, avionic, beatnik, bubonic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, eugenic, ganglionic, gnomonic, hallucinogenic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, neotenic, nucleonic, orogenic, ovonic, pathogenic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, photogenic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, scenic, schizophrenic, sonic, splenic, Sputnik, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telegenic, telephonic, tonic, transgenic, tunic, ultrasonic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amercing, creaming. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: anergic, carmine, germina, grimace, mangier, reaming. | |
-2 letters: airmen, anemic, arcing, arming, cagier, caring, carmen, carnie, cering, cinema, cringe, earing, engram, enigma, gainer, gamier, gamine, german, iceman, imager, incage, macing, maigre, manger, margin, marine, mincer, mirage, racing, ragmen, reagin, regain, regina, remain. | |
-3 letters: acing, aimer, amice, amine, amnic, anger, anime, areic, cager, cairn, caner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: cambering, centigram, cremating, embracing, screaming. | |
+2 letters: becharming, campaigner, centigrams, chambering, chamfering, charminger, cinemagoer, clambering, macerating, marcelling, racemizing, reclaiming, rematching, scampering. | |
+3 letters: archegonium, beclamoring, campaigners, centimorgan, charmingest, cinemagoers, coenamoring, demarcating, embracingly, imprecating, merchanting, mercurating, micromanage, mineralogic, miscreating, screamingly. | |
+4 letters: aeromagnetic, benchmarking, caramelising, caramelizing, centimorgans, checkmarking, counterimage, descrambling, dopaminergic, gastrocnemii, geometrician, greenbackism, gyromagnetic, micromanaged, micromanager, micromanages, overclaiming, overcramming, overmatching, paramagnetic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 72 6D 61 6E 69 63 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . .-. -- .- -. .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e r m a n i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 0072 006D 0061 006E 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4171847967807569 |
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