Standard Lemma guide

Sorbian

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsɔːbi.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈsɔːɹbi.ən/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A group of Slavic languages spoken by a minority in eastern Germany.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A Sorb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lusatian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language

5

noun

Meaning 5

a speaker of Sorbian

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Slav

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sorb Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sorbian From Sorb + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sòrab — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Dutch: Sorbisch — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • German: sorbisch — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • German: wendisch — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Hungarian: szorb — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Polish: łużycki — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Portuguese: sórbio — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Sicilian: zurbu — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Lower Sorbian: serbski — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Upper Sorbian: serbski — of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language
  • Arabic: صُورْبِيّ (ṣūrbiyy) — language
  • Armenian: լուժիկերեն (lužikeren) — language
  • Belarusian: лужы́цкая (lužýckaja) — language
  • Breton: Sorabeg — language
  • Bulgarian: лу́жишки (lúžiški) — language
  • Catalan: sòrab — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 索布語 /索布语 (Suǒbù yǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文德語 /文德语 (Wéndé yǔ) — language
  • Czech: lužickosrbský — language
  • Danish: Sorbisk — language
  • Dutch: Sorbisch — language
  • Estonian: sorbi keel — language
  • Finnish: sorbi — language
  • French: sorabe — language
  • Galician: sorabo — language
  • German: Sorbisch — language
  • Hebrew: שפות סורביות — language
  • Hungarian: szorb — language
  • Icelandic: sorbneska — language
  • Indonesian: Sorbia — language
  • Irish: Soirbis — language
  • Italian: sorbico — language
  • Italian: Sorbo — language
  • Japanese: ソルブ語 (Sorubu-go) — language
  • Korean: 소르브어 (Soreubeu-eo) — language
  • Northern Kurdish: sorbî — language
  • Lithuanian: Sorbiškai — language
  • Macedonian: лужички (lužički) — language
  • Macedonian: лужичкоср́пски (lužičkosŕpski) — language
  • Navajo: Sóówbyan Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Norwegian: sorbisk — language
  • Persian: صربی (sorbi) — language
  • Polish: język łużycki — language
  • Portuguese: sorábio — language
  • Portuguese: sórbio — language
  • Romanian: sorabă — language
  • Russian: лу́жицкий (lúžickij) — language
  • Russian: серболу́жицкий (serbolúžickij) — language
  • Russian: со́рбский (sórbskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: лужичкосрпски — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: lužičkosrpski — language
  • Sicilian: zurbu — language
  • Sicilian: zurba — language
  • Slovak: lužickosrbský — language
  • Slovene: lužiščina — language
  • Lower Sorbian: serbšćina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: serbšćina — language
  • Spanish: sorbio — language
  • Spanish: sorabo — language
  • Swedish: sorbiska — language
  • Turkish: Sorbca — language
  • Ukrainian: лу́жицька (lúžycʹka) — language
  • Walloon: Sorbyin — language