How to Use Germanic in a Sentence

Germanic

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  • All that mattered was to be free of what, to him, was the Germanic taint of ‘Rosenberg’.
    — Jonathan Freedland, Time, 2022-12-29
  • But small acts of resistance helped to preserve South Tyrol’s Germanic culture.
    — Gina Rich, Washington Post, 2022-08-11
  • The Goths, a group of Germanic tribes, were famed for being fierce adversaries of the Roman Empire.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2024-04-16
  • Bavarian Inn Lodge The largest hotel in town, this massive, Germanic-style lodge is a playground for all ages.
    — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
  • 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, 2023-04-17
  • 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, 2022-05-12
  • Its roots can be primarily found in the languages that form the Germanic and Indo-European language families.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 2023-11-12
  • 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, 2023-04-07
  • 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, 2021-12-13
  • 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, 2023-07-12
  • 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, 2023-01-19
  • The pseudoscientific notion of a superior white Aryan race – essentially Germanic – was a core tenet of Hitler’s Nazi regime.
    — Aram Roston, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • 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, 2023-01-30
  • 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, 2023-01-14
  • English, for example, belongs to the Germanic group, which also includes German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Afrikaans, Icelandic, Scots, Yiddish, and a few others.
    — Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025

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