| Anglo-Saxon |
a person of Germanic descent who lived in England before the Norman Conquest, or a descendant thereof. [1/5 definitions] |
| Danish |
the Germanic language of Denmark. [1/3 definitions] |
| Dutch |
the Germanic language of the Netherlands. [1/5 definitions] |
| Flemish |
the Germanic language of the Flemings. [1/3 definitions] |
| Goth |
a member of a Germanic people who invaded the Roman Empire during the third through fifth centuries A.D. [1/2 definitions] |
| Holy Roman Empire |
the empire of central European, Germanic-speaking nations and Italy, beginning with Charlemagne's reign as Roman emperor in 800 A.D. or the crowning of Otto I in 962, and ending in 1806. |
| Icelandic |
the Germanic language of Iceland. [1/2 definitions] |
| kobold |
in Germanic folklore, a spirit or elf that haunts households. [2 definitions] |
| Lohengrin |
in Germanic legend, a knight of the Holy Grail. |
| Lorelei |
in Germanic legend, a siren of the Rhine whose singing lures sailors to shipwreck. |
| Low German |
a subbranch of Germanic, other than High German, that includes English, Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian. (Cf. High German.) [2 definitions] |
| Nibelung |
in Germanic mythology, any of the dwarfs who had a magic ring and gold, which were taken from them by Siegfried. [1/2 definitions] |
| Old Norse |
the Germanic language of Scandinavia before the fourteenth century. |
| Ring of the Nibelung |
in Germanic legend, the gold ring made by the leader of the Nibelung dwarfs. |
| rune1 |
any character of the early Germanic alphabets, esp. those used by Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons. [1/2 definitions] |
| Saxon |
a member of the Germanic people that inhabited northern Germany and invaded England in the fifth and sixth centuries. [1/4 definitions] |
| Siegfried |
in Germanic legend and in The Nibelungenlied, a hero who wins the treasure of the Nibelungs and kills the dragon. |
| Swedish |
the Germanic language of Sweden. [1/3 definitions] |
| Teuton |
a member of an ancient Germanic people that lived in northern Europe. [1/2 definitions] |
| Teutonic |
Germanic. [1/3 definitions] |
| vandal |
(cap.) a member of a Germanic people that attacked parts of the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. [1/3 definitions] |