| east germanic | (n) an extinct branch of the Germanic languages, Syn. East Germanic language |
| germanic | (n) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic, Syn. Germanic language |
| germanic | (adj) of or relating to the language of Germans, Example: the Germanic sound shifts |
| west germanic | (n) a branch of the Germanic languages, Syn. West Germanic language |
| claudius | (n) Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54), Syn. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Claudius I |
| false tamarisk | (n) Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk, Syn. Myricaria germanica, German tamarisk |
| florentine iris | (n) German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome, Syn. orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina |
| german cockroach | (n) small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest, Syn. Blattella germanica, water bug, Croton bug, crotonbug |
| german iris | (n) a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe, Syn. Iris germanica |
| herba impia | (n) (literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose, Syn. Filago germanica |
| indo-european | (adj) of or relating to the Indo-European language family, Syn. Indo-Germanic |
| medlar | (n) small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples, Syn. medlar tree, Mespilus germanica |
| nero | (n) Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68), Syn. Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus |
| scandinavian | (n) the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland, Syn. North Germanic language, Nordic, North Germanic, Norse, Scandinavian language |
| teutonic | (adj) of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages, Syn. Germanic, Example: Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British; Germanic mythology |