Germanic peoples

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Indo-European peoples ethno-linguistic group historical people

The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European tribes originating in Northern Europe, whose languages and cultures gave rise to modern nations such as Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and others.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Anglo-Saxons 3
Germanic tribes 3
Norse people 2
Saxons 2
Alemanni 1
Franks 1
Germanic 1
Goths 1
Visigoths 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European peoples ⓘ
ethno-linguistic group ⓘ
historical people ⓘ
ancestralTo Afrikaners ⓘ
Austrians ⓘ
Scandinavians ⓘ
surface form: Danes

Dutch ⓘ
White British ⓘ
surface form: English people

Flemings ⓘ
Frisians ⓘ
Germans ⓘ
Icelanders ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
surface form: Low German people

Norwegians ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
Swiss Germans ⓘ
associatedWith Roman Empire ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
cultureInfluenced medieval Europe ⓘ
modern Western culture ⓘ
dividedInto East Germanic peoples ⓘ
North Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: North Germanic peoples

West Germanic peoples ⓘ
earliestAttestedIn 1st century CE ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
foughtAgainst Roman Empire ⓘ
governedBy chieftains ⓘ
kings ⓘ
knownFrom Roman historical sources ⓘ
languageGroupIncludes East Germanic languages ⓘ
North Germanic languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legalTradition Germanic law ⓘ
migratedDuring Early Middle Ages ⓘ
surface form: Migration Period
mythology Continental Germanic mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
originatedIn Northern Europe ⓘ
practiced warrior culture ⓘ
religion Germanic paganism ⓘ
socialStructure tribal society ⓘ
spokeLanguageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
subgroupOf Indo-Europeans ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European peoples
usedLanguageBranchOf Indo-European languages ⓘ
worshipped Freyr ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
Thor ⓘ
Tyr ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Northumbrian → associatedWith → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons
Duke of Saxony → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saxons
Norse mythology → associatedWithPeople → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse people
Gallic Wars → belligerent → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Western Roman Empire → borderedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saxons
Bella Marcomannica → conflictBetween → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Gothic War → conflictBetween → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goths
Eberhard → culturalOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic
Germanic Iron Age → culture → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Viking ship → developedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse people
Kingdom of Odoacer → ethnicComposition → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Batavian people → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Buri → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Edward the Exile → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons
Lacringi → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Marcomanni → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Odoacer → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Quadi → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Vandals → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Germans → ethnicOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Willahelm → hasCulturalOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Sack of Rome 410 AD → hasParticipant → Germanic peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Sack of Rome (410)
this entity surface form: Visigoths
Germania → inhabitedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Norwegians → partOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Viking Age → participants → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons
Italic peoples → relatedTo → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Limes Germanicus → threatenedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alemanni
Limes Germanicus → threatenedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franks
Germanic languages → usedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ