German

German
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. Germanic, Deutsch, Hoch-deutsch ( both German), Teutonic, PRussian, Saxon, Bavarian, Rhenish, Thuringian, Hanoverian, Swabian, Franconian, thorough, systematic, gemütlich (German).
n.
1. [The German language]
Syn. Teutonic language, Proto-Germanic, West Germanic, High German, Low German, Old High German, Middle High German, Modern German, New High German, Plattdeutsch (German), High Dutch, Deutsch (German), Dutch*; see also language 2 .
Languages grouped with German as belonging to the Germanic family are --- East Germanic: Gothic, Vandalic; North Germanic: Old Norse, Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish; West Germanic: English, Yiddish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian.
2. [A German person]
Syn. East German, West German, Teuton, Berliner, East Berliner, West Berliner, Bavarian, Hanoverian, PRussian, Franconian, Rhinelander, Saxon, Swabian.

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