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ゲルマン語 (ゲルマンご, gerumango) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ゲルマン語ご

Meanings

1

Germanic language

Refers to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, including German, English, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages.

英えい語ごはゲルマン語ごの一ひとつです。
English is one of the Germanic languages.

Kanji

語word, speech, language

Related words

ドイツ語ご
ドイツ語 specifically means the German language, while ゲルマン語 refers to the broader Germanic language family.

Etymology

From ゲルマン (Germanic) + 語 (language). The term ゲルマン is a loanword from English 'German' or German 'Germanisch', referring to the Germanic peoples and languages.