west germanic

Noun
  1. A branch of the Germanic languages (synset 106959585)
    is a type of: germanic, germanic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
    subtypes:
    • english, english language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
    • german, german language, high german - the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
    • low german, plattdeutsch - a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
    • dutch - the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
    • frisian - a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
    same as: west germanic language

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