Germanic
English language's family
Germanic describes peoples, languages, and cultures originating from ancient Germanic tribes of northern Europe.
The Germanic languages include English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian tongues.
As an adjective, Germanic can mean characteristically German—orderly, thorough, or rigid: His approach to scheduling was almost Germanic in its precision.
Germanic language of early Britain
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
- TeutonicOf ancient German peoples
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
- SaxonEarly Germanic Briton settler
Indo-European · etymology · philology · cognates · Dutch · English · Icelandic · Swedish
Ancient Scandinavian civilization
- OdinChief Norse deity
- ThorGermanic thunder deity
- LokiNorse god of deception
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
Freyja · Midgard · Asgard · Valkyries · Fenrir · Baldur · Ragnarok · Heimdall
East Germanic tribal people
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
- SaxonsGermanic British settlers
- FranksMedieval Germanic tribe
- Anglo-SaxonsGermanic peoples in medieval England
Jutes · Visigoths · Ostrogoths · Burgundians · Teutons · Norsemen · migration · chieftains
Study of physical remnants
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
barrows · mead halls · longships · runes · excavation · burial mounds · bog bodies · weaponry
Old English
Germanic language of early Britain
- NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
- TeutonicOf ancient German peoples
- FrankishOf the Germanic tribe
Saxon · Indo-European · etymology · philology · cognates · Dutch · English · Icelandic · Swedish · Danish
Norse
Ancient Scandinavian civilization
Valhalla · Freyja · Midgard · Asgard · Valkyries · Fenrir · Baldur · Ragnarok · Heimdall · sagas
Goths
East Germanic tribal people
Anglo-Saxons · Jutes · Visigoths · Ostrogoths · Burgundians · Teutons · Norsemen · migration · chieftains · clans
archaeology
Study of physical remnants
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
settlements · barrows · mead halls · longships · runes · excavation · burial mounds · bog bodies · weaponry · jewelry
- GermanyBerlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- Germanic peoplesGermans, Austrians, Goth, Visigoth, Ostrogoth
- Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Empire, emperors, electors, prince-electors, Charlemagne
- White Star ShipsTitanic, Olympic, Britannic, Oceanic, Majestic
- EthnicitiesAsian, African, European, Arab, Chinese
GermanicRomance
Latin-descended language group
Slavic · Latin · Celtic · Greek · Finno-Ugric
- German occupationMilitary seizure of territory
- German shepherdsBreed used by police
- German musicCompositions from Deutschland
- German pretzelTwisted salted bread knot
- German passportFederal Republic travel document
- German literatureBooks from Deutschland