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a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic of or relating to the language of Germans; "the Germanic sound shifts" of a more or less German nature; somewhat German; "Germanic peoples"; "his Germanic nature"; "formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness" of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology" |
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