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German is a language of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland; it also has regional status in Italy, Poland, Namibia and Denmark. German also continues to be spoken as a minority language by immigrant communities in North America, South America, Central America, Mexico and Australia.
German is the official language of six countries, all of which lie in central and western Europe. These countries (with the addition of South Tyrol of Italy) also form the Council for German Orthography and are referred to as the German Sprachraum (German language area).
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who lived in Northern Europe in Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
Germanic peoples, any of the Indo-European speakers of Germanic languages. The origins of the Germanic peoples are obscure. During the late Bronze Age , they are believed to have inhabited southern Sweden , the Danish peninsula, and northern Germany between the Ems River on the west, the Oder River on the east, and the Harz Mountains on the south.
What Countries Are Germanic? Germanic countries — where the majority speak a Germanic language — include German-speaking countries ( Germany, Austria, Switzerland ), English-speaking countries ( England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales ), Dutch-speaking countries ( Netherlands, Belgium ), and Nordic countries ( Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland ...
Germanic = Relating to the Germanic people, languages, or cultures that originated from Southern Scandinavia and Northern Germany after the bronze age and today span across Northern and Central Europe in countries such as England, Germany, and the Netherlands.
The majority of these individuals live in Germany (78.3%), followed by Austria (8.4%), Switzerland (5.6%), other countries (7.3%), and Italy (.4%). It is the official language of 6 sovereign nations and of 6 dependent regions.
Germanic languages, branch of the Indo-European language family consisting of the West Germanic, North Germanic, and East Germanic groups.
History of Germany, a survey of important events and people in the history of Germany from ancient times to the present. Germanic peoples occupied much of the present-day territory of Germany in ancient times.
German is the official language of six countries, all of which lie in central and western Europe. These countries (with the addition of South Tyrol of Italy) also form the Council for German Orthography and are referred to as the German Sprachraum (German language area).