Neckel's research focused on early Germanic studies and Old Norse.
Thorkelín is generally regarded as one of the pioneering figures in Nordic and Germanic studies.
His career as a university professor was at first characterized by philological investigations in the fields of English studies and Germanic studies.
There has been some discussion in Germanic studies regarding an interconnection of the two traditions, possibly based on a historical nucleus of the legends.
But his credentials as an expert in Germanic studies had died with his SS uniform.
From 1914 to 1919, Heusler was professor of Germanic textual studies at Berlin University.
From 1943 to 1958 he served as the chairman of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies.
The Origins of Old Germanic Studies in the Low Countries.
His Germanic studies had taught him the necessity of a knowledge of the Celtic languages and so he went to work to investigate this neglected field.
She also began to study Germanic studies at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana.