■ adjective
1》 relating to or denoting the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes English, German, Dutch, Frisian, and the Scandinavian languages.
↘relating to or denoting the peoples of ancient northern and western Europe speaking such languages.
2》 characteristic of Germans or Germany.
■ noun
1》 the ~ languages collectively.
2》 the unrecorded ancient language from which the ~ languages developed.