нѣмьць

нѣмьць

Old Church Slavonic

нѣмьци

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *němьcь

Noun

нѣмьць • (němĭcĭ) m

1. foreigner, non-Slav
2. specifically, a German, a speaker of a Germanic language
   • from Vita Methodii, 0500200-0500220:

     и соуть въ нꙑ въшьли оучителе мнози крьстиꙗни из Влахъ и из Грькъ и из Нѣмьць, оучаще нꙑ различь.

     i sutĭ vŭ ny vŭšĭli učitele mnozi krĭstijani iz Vlaxŭ i iz Grĭkŭ i iz Němĭcĭ, učašte ny različĭ.

     And many Christian teachers have come to us from among the Latins, Greeks and Germans, teaching us in various ways.

Derived terms

• нѣмьчьскъ (němĭčĭskŭ)