East Central German
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Etymology
Calque of German Ostmitteldeutsch.
Proper noun
East Central German
- One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).
Usage notes
- Yiddish is usually included in this group, at least in traditional German dialectology.
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Adjective
East Central German (not comparable)
- of or pertaining to the East Central German dialects
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See also
- West Central German