How to Use Germanic in a Sentence

Germanic

adjective

• Germanic languages, such as German, English, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages.
• All that mattered was to be free of what, to him, was the Germanic taint of ‘Rosenberg’.
  — Jonathan Freedland, Time, 29 Dec. 2022
• The Goths, a group of Germanic tribes, were famed for being fierce adversaries of the Roman Empire.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
• Frisian, the Germanic language most closely related to English, is stuck in a tiny coastal area of Holland and western Germany.
  — Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• But small acts of resistance helped to preserve South Tyrol’s Germanic culture.
  — Gina Rich, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
• It is believed that the holiday is called Easter after the Germanic goddess Eastre, who ushered in spring and was the goddess of fertility.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Its roots can be primarily found in the languages that form the Germanic and Indo-European language families.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
• The hand-back sequence from car to driver is forcefully Germanic, escalating rapidly from a polite ping to a red flashing dashboard display and then a shaking of the seatbelt.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 12 May 2022
• High Pass Winery is best known for: Pinot noir, white wines made from exotic Germanic grape varieties, reasonable prices and stunning views of endless forest.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2021
• The longstanding ritual began when Roman legions brought that tradition to the Germanic tribes who concluded that if the sun appeared on Candlemas Day and a hedgehog cast a shadow, there would be six more weeks of bad weather to come.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• Though she was born with the Germanic surname of Mayerhofer, Luna’s Hispanic ancestry is genuine on her maternal side.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• The North was put forward as the birthing ground of European culture, specifically Germanic culture, a misconception that would help lead Germany into the abyss the following century.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
• Another is that runes were born from the Latin alphabet, following commercial and cultural exchange between Germanic peoples and the Romans.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• These similarities across languages highlight the common roots and shared histories of the Germanic language family.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The bones, exclusively male and predominantly adult, date to early in the first century A.D., when Germanic tribes engaged in intratribal warfare.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• During the fall of 2021, archaeologists excavating a grave in eastern Norway unearthed a block of red-tinged sandstone etched with spidery runes, an ancient system of writing used by Germanic peoples of northern Europe.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• Germanic languages, such as German, English, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages.
• All that mattered was to be free of what, to him, was the Germanic taint of ‘Rosenberg’.
  — Jonathan Freedland, Time, 29 Dec. 2022
• The Goths, a group of Germanic tribes, were famed for being fierce adversaries of the Roman Empire.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024
• Frisian, the Germanic language most closely related to English, is stuck in a tiny coastal area of Holland and western Germany.
  — Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• But small acts of resistance helped to preserve South Tyrol’s Germanic culture.
  — Gina Rich, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022
• It is believed that the holiday is called Easter after the Germanic goddess Eastre, who ushered in spring and was the goddess of fertility.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Its roots can be primarily found in the languages that form the Germanic and Indo-European language families.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
• The hand-back sequence from car to driver is forcefully Germanic, escalating rapidly from a polite ping to a red flashing dashboard display and then a shaking of the seatbelt.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 12 May 2022
• High Pass Winery is best known for: Pinot noir, white wines made from exotic Germanic grape varieties, reasonable prices and stunning views of endless forest.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2021
• The longstanding ritual began when Roman legions brought that tradition to the Germanic tribes who concluded that if the sun appeared on Candlemas Day and a hedgehog cast a shadow, there would be six more weeks of bad weather to come.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• Though she was born with the Germanic surname of Mayerhofer, Luna’s Hispanic ancestry is genuine on her maternal side.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
• The North was put forward as the birthing ground of European culture, specifically Germanic culture, a misconception that would help lead Germany into the abyss the following century.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
• Another is that runes were born from the Latin alphabet, following commercial and cultural exchange between Germanic peoples and the Romans.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• These similarities across languages highlight the common roots and shared histories of the Germanic language family.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024