All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Germanic tribes"

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Total 108 word senses

• Aduatuci (Proper name) [Latin] a Germanic tribe mentioned by Caesar, dwelling in the eastern part of modern-day Belgium
• Alemanni (Noun) [English] A group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.
• Alemanni (Noun) [English] Those individuals descended from one of the Alemanni tribes.
• Alemanni (Adjective) [English] Of or related to the Alemanni peoples.
• Alemanni (Adjective) [English] Of or related to the Alemannic language or dialects.
• Angle (Noun) [English] A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
• Anglo-Saxon (Proper name) [English] Synonym of Old English (language).
• Anglosas (Noun) [Polish] Anglo-Saxon (member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England)
• Bataaf (Noun) [Dutch] Batavian (member of the tribe of the Batavi)
• Batavi (Noun) [English] An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
• Batavi (Proper name) [Latin] A branch of the Chatti, which occupied the territory of modern Holland
• Burgonde (Noun) [French] Burgundian
• Burgundian (Proper name) [English] The extinct East Germanic language of the Burgundians.
• Catti (Noun) [English] Alternative form of Chatti (“Germanic tribe”)
• Chatthi (Noun) [English] Alternative form of Chatti (“Germanic tribe”)
• Chatti (Noun) [English] An ancient Germanic tribe whose homeland was near the upper Weser (Visurgis).
• Cherusci (Noun) [English] a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the plains and forests of northwestern Germany, in the area possibly near present-day Hanover, during the first centuries BC and AD
• Cimbri (Proper name) [English] An ancient tribe that invaded southern Europe between 113 and 101 BCE, generally thought to have been Germanic (though they could have been Celtic) and associated with Jutland and northern Germany.
• Condrusi (Proper name) [Latin] a Germanic tribe of Gallia Belgica
• Dane (Noun) [English] A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.
• Franc (Noun) [French] Frank (member of a people that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany)
• Frank (Noun) [English] One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
• Frank (Noun) [Dutch] Frank (member of a Migration-Period Germanic tribe)
• Frank (Noun) [Polish] Frank (one of the Franks)
• Fries (Noun) [Dutch] a Frisian, member of a Germanic people (both the modern people and the ancient Frisii); a speaker of one of the Frisian languages
• Frisian (Proper name) [English] A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.; The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
• Frisian (Proper name) [English] A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.; Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
• Frisian (Proper name) [English] A Germanic language group or language (see Usage notes), or a lect thereof, which descended from Old Frisian, with speakers in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.; The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
• Frisian (Noun) [English] A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
• Geat (Noun) [English] A member of a North Germanic tribe formerly occupying what is now Götaland in Sweden.
• Geat (Proper name) [Old English] Geat
• Geatas (Noun) [Old English] Geats
• Geatas (Noun) [Old English] Jutes
• Gepid (Noun) [English] A member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.
• Gepide (Noun) [Dutch] Gepid (member of an East Germanic tribe)
• Germania (Proper name) [English] Any of several geographical regions of different historical periods that were mainly inhabited by Germanic peoples.
• Germanic (Adjective) [English] Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
• Germanin (Noun) [Polish] German, Teuton (member of a Germanic tribe)
• Got (Noun) [Polish] Goth (one of the Goths)
• Goth (Noun) [English] A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.
• Gothi (Proper name) [Latin] the Goths
• Irminones (Noun) [English] A large group of early Germanic tribes who settled in the Elbe watershed and by the 1st century AD had expanded into Bavaria, Swabia and Bohemia.
• Istvaeones (Noun) [English] A Germanic group of tribes living near the banks of the Rhine during the Roman Empire and reportedly sharing a common culture and origin.
• Jute (Noun) [English] A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.
• Lombard (Proper name) [English] A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.
• Marcomanni (Noun) [English] an ancient Germanic tribe.
• Nahanarvali (Noun) [English] A Germanic tribe mentioned by the Roman scholar Tacitus.
• Naharvali (Noun) [English] Alternative form of Nahanarvali (“Germanic tribe”)
• Norseman (Noun) [English] A medieval Scandinavian or Viking.
• Ostrogot (Noun) [Polish] Ostrogoth (one of the Ostrogoths)
• Ostrogoth (Noun) [English] Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century.
• Quadi (Noun) [English] A member of an ancient Germanic people who lived in Moravia.
• Rugian (Proper name) [English] The hypothetical East Germanic language once spoken by the Rugians.
• Sacson (Noun) [Welsh] Saxon (Germanic tribe)
• Sas (Noun) [Polish] Saxon (member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it)
• Saxon (Noun) [English] A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
• Saxon (Proper name) [English] A place name:; A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
• Saxon (Proper name) [English] A place name:; An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
• Saxon (Proper name) [English] A place name:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
• Saxon (Proper name) [English] A place name:; A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
• Scirii (Noun) [English] An East Germanic tribe of Eastern Europe, attested in historical works between the 2nd century BC and 5th century AD.
• Suebi (Noun) [English] A group of Germanic tribes living mostly near Elbe in what is now central Germany around the first century BCE.
• Suebi (Proper name) [Latin] a Germanic tribe in southwestern Germany, corresponding roughly to modern Swabia
• Swede (Noun) [English] A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
• Sægeatas (Adjective) [Old English] Sea-Geats, a term for the tribe of Geats used in Beowulf
• Teuton (Noun) [English] A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.
• Teuton (Noun) [English] A member of the Teutonic Order.
• Teuton (Noun) [English] A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.
• Teuton (Adjective) [English] Synonym of Teutonic.
• Thuringian (Noun) [English] A member of an ancient Germanic tribe inhabiting central Germany.
• Vandaal (Noun) [Dutch] Vandal (member of the Germanic tribe)
• Vandal (Proper name) [English] An extinct East Germanic language ascribed to have been spoken by the Vandals.
• Vandale (Noun) [French] Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)
• Viking (Noun) [English] An ethnic Swede, Norwegian, Dane, Icelander or Faroe Islander.
• Visigoth (Noun) [English] Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.
• Wedergeatas (Adjective) [Old English] Weather-Geats, a term for the tribe of Geats used in Beowulf
• Wizygot (Noun) [Polish] Visigoth (one of the Visigoths)
• anglar (Noun) [Norwegian Nynorsk] an Angle (member of Germanic tribe).
• burgundi (Adjective) [Catalan] Burgundian
• burgundi (Noun) [Catalan] Burgundian
• burgundi (Noun) [Catalan] Burgundian (language)
• danir (Noun) [Old Norse] the Danes
• egðir (Noun) [Old Norse] the inhabitants of Agðir
• englar (Noun) [Old Norse] the English, Englishmen
• frakkar (Noun) [Old Norse] Franks
• frank (Noun) [Estonian] Frank (Frankish person)
• frísir (Noun) [Old Norse] the Frisians
• got (Noun) [Catalan] Goth
• háleygr (Noun) [Old Norse] inhabitants of Hålogaland
• hǫrðar (Noun) [Old Norse] a tribe inhabiting Hordaland in Norway
• jótar (Noun) [Old Norse] Jutes
• langbarðar (Noun) [Old Norse] the Lombards, Langobards, people in Lombardy
• ostrogot (Adjective) [Catalan] Ostrogothic
• ostrogot (Noun) [Catalan] Ostrogoth
• raumar (Noun) [Old Norse] the inhabitants of Romerike
• saxar (Noun) [Old Norse] the Saxons
• svear (Noun) [Norwegian Bokmål] Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe
• svear (Noun) [Norwegian Nynorsk] Swedes, members of the North Germanic tribe
• svíar (Noun) [Old Norse] the Swedes (of Sweden proper)
• sygnir (Noun) [Old Norse] the men from Sogn (in western Norway)
• vandaal (Noun) [Estonian] Vandal (member of East Germanic tribe)
• vandale (Noun) [French] Vandal
• visigot (Noun) [Catalan] Visigoth
• vàndal (Noun) [Catalan] Vandal (member of an East Germanic tribe)
• wisigoth (Adjective) [French] Visigothic
• þróndr (Noun) [Old Norse] a person from the region Trøndelag in Norway
• нѣмьць (Noun) [Old East Slavic] German, Teuton (member of a Germanic tribe)
• แฟรงก์ (Noun) [Thai] Frank

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