germanic
日耳曼语,德文,德国人,日耳曼语系
Definitions
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Chemistry.
- : of or containing germanium, especially in the tetravalent state.
Examples
In the Germanic world, we have systems, which means that nothing stands alone.
Yes, as a figure, “Santa Claus” has his roots in early Christian Europe, Dutch folklore, and Germanic paganism.
Italian unification in 1861 married the Germanic north with the Latin south.
“For me to learn any Romance or Germanic dialect, just put me in the environment, and it would come alive,” he said.
I know the play started in England and is now in America, but there is a slightly Germanic quality to it.
Matzo ball soup is definitely American, but also Eastern European and Germanic and French.
The great mass of the words are traceable to Latin etyma, as in all Romance dialects a large portion of Germanic words are found.
Another interesting subject was brought before the house by Mr. Lytton Bulwer, relating to the Germanic states.
His greatness and his simplicity, his humanity and his religious faith, are typical of the Germanic race.
In the case of English, the original Germanic tongue has become almost unrecognizable under the heavy burden of foreign words.
The arguments for a Germanic origin are attractive, but hardly convincing, and anything but conclusive.