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Adjective
ĝermana (accusative singular ĝermanan, plural ĝermanaj, accusative plural ĝermanajn)
- characteristic of the Proto-Germanic language and its descendants, Germanic
2003 July, Garbhan Macaoidh, “Lingvo kiel politikilo”, in Monato, →ISSN, page 6:Tiuj kolonianoj parolis ne la gaelan sed la ĝermanan (ne keltan) idiomon de sudokcidenta Skotlando, kiu devenas plejparte de la dialektoj de la angloj, ne de la saksoj, kiuj estis la ĉefa originala bazo de la hodiaŭa normigita angla.- These colonists did not speak Gaelic, but the Germanic (not Celtic) lect of Southwest Scotland, which is derived mostly from the dialects of the English, not of the Saxons, which was the main original basis of modern standard English.
- characteristic of the ancient Germanic tribes, Teutonic
1999, Anna Löwenstein, La ŝtona urbo, Antwerp: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, →ISBN, →OCLC:Kelkaj el ŝiaj antaŭuloj estis ĝermanaj sklavoj, kvankam ambaŭ ŝiaj gepatroj estis civitanoj.- Some of her predecessors were Germanic slaves, although both of her parents were citizens.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with germana (“German (related to Germany)”).