Irminones

E195337

early Germanic people group of Germanic tribes

Irminones were a major grouping of early Germanic tribes in central Europe, traditionally associated with the ancestors of later High German–speaking peoples.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hermunduri	2
Irmin	2
Irminones canonical	1
Irminonic tribes	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early Germanic people ⓘ group of Germanic tribes ⓘ
alternativeName	Herminones ⓘ Irminones ⓘ surface form: Irminonic tribes
associatedWith	ancestors of High German–speaking peoples ⓘ
category	Ancient Germanic peoples ⓘ Germania (work by Tacitus) ⓘ surface form: Tribes of Germania West Germanic tribes ⓘ
contemporaryWith	Ingvaeones ⓘ surface form: Ingaevones Istaevones ⓘ
culture	Germanic Iron Age culture ⓘ
descendedInto	Alemannic tribes ⓘ Bavarian tribes ⓘ Hermunduri ⓘ High German dialects ⓘ Suebi ⓘ Thuringians ⓘ surface form: Thuringian tribes
ethnicity	Germanic ⓘ
etymology	possibly derived from the theonym Irmin ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Hermunduri ⓘ Lombards ⓘ Marcomanni ⓘ Quadi ⓘ Suebi ⓘ
historicalStatus	tribal grouping reconstructed by scholars ⓘ
influenced	ethnogenesis of medieval German peoples ⓘ
languageFamily	West Germanic languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Europe ⓘ
mentionedBy	Tacitus ⓘ
mentionedIn	Germania ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Cherusci ⓘ Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe Germanic tribes Marcomanni ⓘ Quadi ⓘ
partOf	West Germanic peoples ⓘ
region	area around the Elbe River ⓘ central Germanic area ⓘ
relatedTo	Elbe Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: Elbe Germanic linguistic group High German consonant shift ⓘ Old High German ⓘ
religion	Germanic paganism ⓘ
sourceType	classical ethnography ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century AD ⓘ 2nd century AD ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Roman Imperial period

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Irminones
Description of subject: Irminones were a major grouping of early Germanic tribes in central Europe, traditionally associated with the ancestors of later High German–speaking peoples.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irminonic languages → namedAfter → Irminones ⓘ

Marcomanni → neighboringGroup → Irminones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hermunduri

Elbe Germanic languages → associatedWith → Irminones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hermunduri

Ermin → relatedTo → Irminones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irmin

Ermin → hasVariant → Irminones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irmin

Irminones → alternativeName → Irminones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irminonic tribes