English > Germanic: 3 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic. |
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| Synonym | Germanic language |
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| Narrower | East Germanic, East Germanic language | An extinct branch of the Germanic languages |
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| Old Norse | The extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350 |
| Proto-Norse | The Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700 |
| Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language | The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland |
| West Germanic, West Germanic language | A branch of the Germanic languages |
| Broader | Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite | The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia |
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| Spanish | germánico, lengua germánica |
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| Catalan | germànic, llengua germànica |
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| Adjectives | Germanic | of or relating to the language of Germans |
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| Germanic | of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages |
