Germanic

of or relating to the language of Germans

• “the Germanic sound shifts”

of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

• “Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British”
• “Germanic mythology”

of a more or less German nature; somewhat German

• “Germanic peoples”
• “his Germanic nature”
• “formidable volumes Teutonic in their thoroughness”

a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic