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• n  a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
• a  of or relating to the language of Germans
• a  of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

• Germanic
• Germanic language
• Teutonic

News & Articles

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• Cleveland Evans: Popularity of Charles grows from Charlemagne
  Charles is the French and English form of a Germanic word meaning “free man.” The first famous Charles was Charles Martel (688-741), King of the Franks, who defeated Muslim raiders at the Battle of Tours in 721.
  June 25, 2013 - Omaha World-Herald

Quotes

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• Daniel Barenboim in International Herald Tribune
  Of all the Wagner operas, 'Tristan' is the one opera that Wagner-haters like, even those who find the Ring intolerable, too Germanic, or whatever it is,Barenboim said.
• Keith Richards in The Guardian
  The house had once been occupied by the Nazis, and in a recent interview Richards describes working there as "like trying to make a record in the Führerbunker. It was that sort of feeling: very Germanic down there - swastikas on the staircase:...