East Germanic

noun

1. a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. : EGmc

East Germanic

noun

1. a subbranch of the Germanic languages: now extinct. The only member of which records survive is Gothic

Word History and Origins

Origin of East Germanic¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

She is wearing the traditional headdress of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.

From National Geographic

North Germanic or Scandinavian, West Germanic or Low and High German, and East Germanic, of which the only important representative is Gothic.

From Project Gutenberg

These, with High German, constitute the 'West Germanic' branch, as Gothic and the Scandinavian tongues constitute the 'East Germanic' branch, of the Teutonic family.

From Project Gutenberg

Hauptmann did not belong, however, to the transcendental school that creates purely inferential languages—East Germanic and West, General Teutonic, Original Slavic, Indo-European and the like.

From Project Gutenberg

She is wearing the traditional headdress of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.

From National Geographic