adj
Meaning 1
of the Upper German dialects
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Upper German
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noun
Meaning 2
One of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German / Middle German (= Mitteldeutsch) by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Calque of German Oberdeutsch, oberdeutsch
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: oberdeutsch — relating to Upper German
- Polish: górnoniemiecki — relating to Upper German
- Russian: южнонемецкий (južnonemeckij) — relating to Upper German
- Chinese Mandarin: 上部德語 /上部德语 (shàngbù Déyǔ) — language
- German: Oberdeutsch — language
- Polish: dialekt górnoniemiecki — language
- Russian: южнонемецкий диалект (južnonemeckij dialekt) — language