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Originally Posted by Faustas
Assuming that the term denotes only linguistics and nothing else does not make any individual speaking a Germanic language Germanic, but any individual who is a member of a nation of Germanic-speakers. Belonging to a meta-ethnicity requires belonging to an ethnicity that falls under that particular meta-ethnic umbrella. Thus the black girl in your picture, no matter what, is not Germanic, even if the term is only linguistic.
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I would say that Germanic is not only a linguistic concept, but primarily ethnic, while an important part of shared Germanic heritage is linguistic. The linguistic meaning of Germanic is contained in the ethnic meaning.