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germanic

/d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/adjective

germanic is spelled G-E-R-M-A-N-I-C: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, germanic means “Of or containing germanium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in germanic?

Letters8: G-E-R-M-A-N-I-C
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is germanic?

Germanic appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.

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

How do you pronounce germanic?

  • UK /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/
  • US /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/

Germanic has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Germanic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with germanic?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as germanic from its last stressed vowel (/ænɪk/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: creaming.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

What does germanic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or containing germanium.

  2. 2

    Containing germanium with a valence of 4.

adjective

as Germanic
  1. 1

    Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).

    a Germanic tribe

  2. 2

    Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

    a Germanic language

  3. 3

    proscribedHaving German characteristics.

    He arrived with Germanic punctuality.

noun

as Germanic
  1. 1

    nonstandardSynonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Germanic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchgermanique (relating to the Germanic peoples)
Germangermanisch (relating to the Germanic peoples), deutsch, deutsch klingend, typisch deutsch (having German characteristics)
Portuguesegermânico, alemão (relating to the Germanic peoples)
Spanishgermano, germánico (relating to the Germanic peoples)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does germanic come from?

From germanium + -ic.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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