Standard Lemma guide

Swabian

adj · name · noun · 3 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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  • /ˈsweɪbi.ən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪbiən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or related to Swabia, its people, or its dialect of the German language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An Upper German dialects of High German chiefly spoken in the region of Swabia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from Swabia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Swabia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Swabian From Swabia + -an.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صُوَابِيّ — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Catalan: sueu — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Czech: švábský — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Finnish: schwabilainen — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • German: schwäbisch — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Greek: σουαβικός (souavikós) — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Italian: svevo — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Polish: szwabski — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Portuguese: suábio — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Spanish: suabo — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Ukrainian: швабський (švabsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Volapük: Jvabänik — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Yiddish: שוואַביש (shvabish) — of or pertaining to Swabia
  • Catalan: sueu — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Finnish: schwabilainen — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • German: schwäbisch — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Polish: szwabski — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Portuguese: suábio — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Spanish: suabo — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Ukrainian: швабський (švabsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Volapük: Jvabänanik — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Volapük: hi-Jvabänanik — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Volapük: ji-Jvabänanik — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Yiddish: שוואַביש (shvabish) — of or pertaining to the Swabian people
  • Catalan: sueu — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Dutch: Zwabisch — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Finnish: schwabilainen — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • French: souabe — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • German: schwäbisch — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Italian: svevo — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Polish: szwabski — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Portuguese: suábio — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Spanish: suabo — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Swedish: schwabisk — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Ukrainian: швабський (švabsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Volapük: Jvabänadialegik — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Yiddish: שוואַביש (shvabish) — of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German
  • Catalan: sueu — Swabian dialect of German
  • Czech: švábština — Swabian dialect of German
  • Finnish: svaabin murre — Swabian dialect of German
  • German: Schwäbisch — Swabian dialect of German
  • Polish: dialekt szwabski — Swabian dialect of German
  • Portuguese: suábio — Swabian dialect of German
  • Spanish: suabo — Swabian dialect of German
  • Swedish: schwabiska — Swabian dialect of German
  • Volapük: Jvabänadialeg — Swabian dialect of German
  • Catalan: sueu — person
  • Catalan: sueva — person
  • Czech: Šváb — person
  • Esperanto: ŝvabo — person
  • Esperanto: ŝvabino — person
  • Finnish: svaabi — person
  • Finnish: schwabenilainen — person
  • French: Souabe — person
  • German: Schwabe — person
  • German: Schwäbin — person
  • German: Schwaab — person
  • Greek: Σουαβός (Souavós) — person
  • Greek: Σουαβή (Souaví) — person
  • Polish: Szwab — person
  • Polish: Szwabka — person
  • Portuguese: suábio — person
  • Romanian: șvab — person
  • Russian: шваб (švab) — person
  • Volapük: Jvabänan — person
  • Volapük: hi-Jvabänan — person
  • Volapük: ji-Jvabänan — person
  • Yiddish: שוואַב (shvab) — person