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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Germanic peoples canonical 38
Germanic tribes 14
Germanic 6

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 (72)

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

Norwegians → partOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Sack of Rome 410 AD → hasParticipant → Germanic peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Sack of Rome (410)
this entity surface form: Visigoths
Germanic languages → usedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Gothic War → conflictBetween → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goths
Limes Germanicus → threatenedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alemanni
Limes Germanicus → threatenedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franks
Germans → ethnicOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Western Roman Empire → borderedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saxons
Viking Age → participants → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons
Norse mythology → associatedWithPeople → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse people
Italic peoples → relatedTo → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Duke of Saxony → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saxons
Edward the Exile → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons
Northumbrian → associatedWith → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxons
Gallic Wars → belligerent → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Odoacer → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Vandals → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Buri → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Marcomanni → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Quadi → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Lacringi → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Willahelm → hasCulturalOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Bella Marcomannica → conflictBetween → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Germania → inhabitedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Viking ship → developedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse people
Kingdom of Odoacer → ethnicComposition → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Germanic Iron Age → culture → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Batavian people → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Eberhard → culturalOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic
Geats → partOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Dutch people → ethnicSubdivisionOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Roman province of Germania Inferior → ethnicGroups → Germanic peoples ⓘ
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Frisians → partOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Ubii → ethnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Batavian revolt → involved → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Saxons → ethnicGroupOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Gallia Belgica → inhabitedBy → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Faroese → subgroupOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
West Germanic peoples → subclassOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
West Germanic peoples → ethnicBranchOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Jutes → ethnicGroupOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Günther → associatedWithOrigin → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Angles → ethnicGroupOf → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Cimbrian War → opponent → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Dacia → neighboringEntity → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Battle of Naissus → opponent → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Sarmatians → neighbor → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Great Migration → involved → Germanic peoples ⓘ
Battle of the Weser River → belligerent → Germanic peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic tribes
Angeln → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Germanic peoples ⓘ