Meaning & Definition of Germanic in English

1. A branch of the indo-european family of languages

• Members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: scandinavian and west germanic

1. 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"