What is the difference between German and Germanic?

Question

What is the difference between German and Germanic?

Answer 1

German usually refers to the state from these days

back to the times of the late Roman Empire and

everything associated with it. Germanic is usually

used for everything predating that and refers to the

tribes and is reaching much further. I.e. in terms

of similarities in language or culture.

Answer 2

german is the name of the language of which it is spoken. But germanic are the dialects of the german language lile in bavaria they have a germanic dialect and austria has a germanic austrian dialect.

Answer 3

German is the name of a language. Germanic is the name of a group of languages that includes German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages and many others.