日耳曼语言起源于原始的日耳曼语。
日耳曼语言专业学习西方、中欧及东欧的一种或多种语言。
Students in this major study one or more of the languages of Western, Central, and Northern Europe.
它从拉丁语进入英语，而且它也在其他一些日耳曼语言中出现。
It came to English from Latin and shows up in a bunch of other Germanic languages as well.
所有的古日耳曼语言中，都有以字母组合hl-，hn -，hr -和hw -开始的单词。
All the Old Germanic languages had words beginning with hl -, hn -, hr -, and hw -.
日耳曼的勇士们在公元450年间从欧洲大陆入侵到了不列颠群岛，把日耳曼语言和凯尔特语整合到了一起。
Germanic warriors from the European mainland invaded the British Isles around 450 AD, mixing Germanic with the Celtic languages.
更早的变形词还有hollo，早在1588年莎士比亚就在《泰特斯·阿多洛力克斯》中提及，在日耳曼语言中还有其它的同源词。
And there is an even earlier variant, hollo, which dates to at least 1588 when Shakespeare used it in Titus Andronicus. There are also cognates in other Germanic languages.
1848年，比奥威尔的文章早整整一个世纪的时候，著名的语言学家奥古斯特·施莱歇尔把他所在时代的英语不屑地贬为全部日耳曼语言中最“败坏”的一种。
In 1848, a century before Orwell's article, the renowned linguist August Schleicher dismissed the English of his day as the most 'ground-down' of all the Germanic languages.
英语是日耳曼语系中的一种语言。
大部分的语言学家都知道，英语已经抛弃了它大部分日耳曼的特征，它其实是一种混合语言。
English, as most linguists know, is really a Creole language that has jettisoned most of its formerly Germanic character.
在日耳曼语族的语言中，只有冰岛语的发音中还有类似hl-，hn -和hr -的音。
In the Germanic group of languages, only Icelandic still has a semblance of hl -, hn -, and hr - in pronunciation.
不过到了1200年，尽管日耳曼语系的其他语言依然将这个词与观察者的视角相联系，英语却反其道而行之，show的意思突然变成了“被看见”。
Yet by 1200, and in opposition to all the other Germanic languages where related words still held the viewer’s perspective, in English “show” suddenly meant “to be seen.”
到后来，其中的一部分日耳曼人乘船横渡英吉利海峡，席卷大英，他们的语言也随之进入古英语，包括日耳曼词汇street。
Later, some of their number took off in boats and pretty much over-ran Britain so that when their language emerged as Old English, there among the Germanic words was street.
更糟糕的是，在日耳曼语系的语言中，又多了一个中性。
Even worse, in the words of Germanic languages, has had a neutral.
冰岛语，北日耳曼语族语言，也是冰岛主要语言。
Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is the main language of Iceland.
北部国家的语言主要由古日耳曼语演变而来。
The languages of the countries in the north come mainly from the old German.
芬兰，不像斯堪的纳维亚语言，是不是日耳曼，但在一类自身。
Finnish, unlike Scandinavian languages, is not Germanic but in a class of its own.
英语也受到日耳曼语和浪漫主义语言的强烈影响。
There is a strong influence of Germanic languages and Romantic languages too.
东部的日耳曼各部落定居在奥得河以东地区，但是他们的语言早就消失了。
The east Germanic tribes settled east of the Oder River, but their languages have long since become extinct.
南非荷兰语、荷兰语、英语、佛兰芝语及德语则属西日耳曼语的几种重要语言。
Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Flemish, and German are the more important languages within the West Germanic grouping.
这是体现在他们的语言，这是日耳曼人种。
This is reflected in their language which is not Germanic in origin.
南非荷兰语、 荷兰语、英语、 佛兰芝语及德语则属西日耳曼语的几种重要语言。
Dutch, English, Flemish, and German are the more important languages within the West germanic grouping.
日耳曼语系影响深远，若能使用这种语言与该语系的人沟通将会带来莫大的好处。
Being able to communicate with others in this far-reaching linguistic group will offer the user immeasurable benefits.
所有伟大的语言有谦虚的开端。如英语，这是抵达英国的一个小日耳曼族从“角”的土地大陆。
All great languages have humble beginnings. in the case of English it was the arrival in Britain of a small Germanic tribe from an "Angle" of land on the Continent.
1500年前，英语还是一小撮日耳曼部落从欧洲内陆往英伦岛迁移时说的语言。
Just 1,500 years ago, English was spoken by a smattering of Germanic tribes as they migrated from mainland Europe to the island of Britain.
英语起源于公元5世纪，当时三个日耳曼部落入侵英国，他们对英语语言的形成起了很大的作用。在中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的影响遍及不列颠群岛。
The English language started with the invasion of Britain by three Germanic tribes during the 5th century AD, and they contributed greatly to the formation of the English language.
第五世纪，盎格鲁撒克逊人的入侵，他们使用了撒克逊语言的词汇属于西日耳曼语词汇的德国分公司。
Fifth century, the Anglo-Saxon invasion, they use the vocabulary of Saxon language belongs to the West Germanic branch of the German vocabulary.
第五世纪，盎格鲁撒克逊人的入侵，他们使用了撒克逊语言的词汇属于西日耳曼语词汇的德国分公司。
Fifth century, the Anglo-Saxon invasion, they use the vocabulary of Saxon language belongs to the West Germanic branch of the German vocabulary.
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