- Germanic, Germanic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
--1 is a kind of Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite
--1 has particulars:West Germanic, West Germanic language; Proto-Norse; Old Norse; Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language; East Germanic, East Germanic language