The term Germanic peoples may refer to:

• the Germanic tribes that in the first millennium were seen as a barbarian threat by the Roman Empire and its successors;
• the Germanic Christianity that in the second millennium came to dominate much of Northern Europe, politically organized in the Holy Roman Empire and the Scandinavian kingdoms Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
• the present day people of Germanic cultural origin:
  • Austrians
  • Danes
  • Dutch or Netherlandic people
  • English
  • Flemings
  • Germans
  • Icelanders
  • Norwegians
  • Swedes
  • Swiss Germans

...and their associated diasporas across the world.

Scotland is a country of mixed Germanic and Celtic culture; while the Scottish Highlands are more Celtic and akin to Ireland in its culture and Scottish Gaelic language, the Scottish Lowlands share their culture and language closely with its neighbour to the south and other Germanic peoples, speaking the Scots language.