urgermanisch
German, adjective[ˈuːɐ̯ɡɛʁˌmaːnɪʃ]
urgermanisch is spelled U-R-G-E-R-M-A-N-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written German, the 495,385th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urgermanisch is a German adjective meaning “Proto-Germanic (related to the Proto-Germanic language or to its speakers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der hypothetischen Vorläufersprache aller germanischen Sprachen zugehörig; auf das Urgermanische bezogen”.
What does urgermanisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Proto-Germanic (related to the Proto-Germanic language or to its speakers)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der hypothetischen Vorläufersprache aller germanischen Sprachen zugehörig; auf das Urgermanische bezogen
noun: 1. die hypothetische Vorläufersprache aller germanischen Sprachen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of urgermanisch
- urgermanischer masculine nominative singular
- urgermanische feminine nominative singular
- urgermanisches neuter nominative singular
- urgermanischen genitive masculine singular
- urgermanischem dative masculine singular
- der urgermanische definite includes-article masculine
- die urgermanische definite feminine includes-article
- das urgermanische definite includes-article neuter
- die urgermanischen definite includes-article nominative
- des urgermanischen definite genitive includes-article
- der urgermanischen definite feminine genitive
- dem urgermanischen dative definite includes-article
- den urgermanischen dative definite includes-article
- urgerm. abbreviation
- (das) Urgermanisch nominative singular
- das Urgermanische nominative singular
- (des) Urgermanisch genitive singular
- (des) Urgermanischs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urgermanisch?
- [ˈuːɐ̯ɡɛʁˌmaːnɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is urgermanisch in German?
urgermanisch appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).