Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - germanic

adj. Chem. of or containing germanium, esp. in its quadrivalent state. GERMANIC adj. & n. --adj. 1 having German characteristics. 2 hist. of the Germans. 3 of the Scandinavians, Anglo-Saxons, or Germans. 4 of the languages or language group called Germanic. --n. 1 the branch of Indo-European languages including English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages. 2 the (unrecorded) early language from which other Germanic languages developed. Phrases and idioms East Germanic an extinct group including Gothic. North Germanic the Scandinavian languages. West Germanic a group including High and Low German, English, Frisian, and Dutch. Etymology: L Germanicus (as GERMAN)