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westgermanisch

German, adjective/ˈvɛstɡɛʁˌmaːnɪʃ/

westgermanisch is spelled W-E-S-T-G-E-R-M-A-N-I-S-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Westgermanisch is a German adjective meaning “West Germanic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Westgermanen betreffend”.

What does westgermanisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    West Germanic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Westgermanen betreffend 2. das Westgermanische (die Sprachfamilie) betreffend

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 westgermanisch

  • westgermanischer masculine nominative singular
  • westgermanische feminine nominative singular
  • westgermanisches neuter nominative singular
  • westgermanischen genitive masculine singular
  • westgermanischem dative masculine singular
  • der westgermanische definite includes-article masculine
  • die westgermanische definite feminine includes-article
  • das westgermanische definite includes-article neuter
  • die westgermanischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des westgermanischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der westgermanischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem westgermanischen dative definite includes-article
  • den westgermanischen dative definite includes-article
  • westgerm. abbreviation
  • wg. abbreviation
  • gmw abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce westgermanisch?

  • /ˈvɛstɡɛʁˌmaːnɪʃ/
  • [ˈvɛstɡɛʁˌmaːnɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is westgermanisch in German?

westgermanisch appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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