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  2. Germanic peoples - Wikipedia

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    The word rune is widely attested among Germanic languages, where it developed from Proto-Germanic *rūna and held a primary meaning of 'secret', [303] but also other meanings such as 'whisper', 'mystery', 'closed deliberation', and 'council'. [304]

  3. Germanic languages - Wikipedia

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    The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo ... the definite endings were thought of as too "weak" to carry inflectional meaning and in need of "strengthening" by ...

  4. Germanic - Wikipedia

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    Germanic may refer to: Germanic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group identified by their use of the Germanic languages List of ancient Germanic peoples and tribes; Germanic languages; Proto-Germanic language, a reconstructed proto-language of all the Germanic languages; Germanic name; Germanic mythology, myths associated with Germanic paganism

  5. Germanic culture - Wikipedia

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    Germanic culture is a term referring to the culture of Germanic peoples, and can be used to refer to a range of time periods and nationalities, but is most commonly used in either a historical or contemporary context to denote groups that derive from the Proto-Germanic language, which is generally thought to have emerged as a distinct language after 500 BC.

  6. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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    A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterisation of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilisation and humanitarian values having ...

  7. Germans - Wikipedia

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    German population also moved eastwards from the 11th century, in what is known as the Ostsiedlung. [20] Over time, Slavic and German-speaking populations assimilated, meaning that many modern Germans have substantial Slavic ancestry. [18]

  8. Early Germanic culture - Wikipedia

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    Linguists postulate that an early Proto-Germanic language existed and was distinguishable from the other Indo-European languages as far back as 500 BCE. [1]From what is known, the early Germanic tribes may have spoken mutually intelligible dialects derived from a common parent language but there are no written records to verify this fact.

  9. Germanisation - Wikipedia

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    The policy of Germanisation in the Nazi period carried an explicitly ethno-racial rather than purely nationalist meaning, aiming for the spread of a "biologically superior" Aryan race rather than that of the German nation. This did not mean a total extermination of all people in eastern Europe, as it was regarded as having people of Aryan ...