Alemannic

Alemannic

English

Alternative forms

• Allemannic

Etymology

From Latin Alemannicus, from Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube”), from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, corresponding to *allaz + *mann-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌælɪˈmænɪk/, /ˌæləˈmænɪk/

Proper noun

Alemannic

1. A language or dialect group, belonging to the High German dialects, spoken in certain parts of South Germany, in Alsace (France), Vorarlberg (Austria), Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Holonyms

• Upper German

Translations

High German language or dialect group

Armenian: ալեմաներեն (alemaneren) Catalan: alamànic (ca) m Czech: alemánština f Dutch: Alemannisch (nl) n Esperanto: alemana lingvo French: alémanique (fr) m German: Alemannisch (de) n Alemannic German: Alemannisch n Khmer: អាល់ឡឺម៉ាន់និសឆ៍ (alləɨmannih) Malay: bahasa Alemanik Portuguese: alemânico (pt) m Russian: алема́ннский (ru) (alemánnskij), алема́ннский диале́кт (alemánnskij dialékt) Spanish: alemánico (es) m Swedish: alemanniska (sv) c West Frisian: Alemannysk n

Adjective

Alemannic (comparative more Alemannic, superlative most Alemannic)

1. Of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group.
2. (historical) Of or relating to the Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes.

Translations

of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group

Catalan: alamànic (ca) m, alamànica (ca) f Czech: alemánský French: alémanique (fr) Georgian: ალემანური (alemanuri), ალემანური ენა (alemanuri ena), ალემანური დიალექტი (alemanuri dialekṭi) (also known as such) German: alemannisch (de) Alemannic German: alemannisch Malay: bahasa Alemanik Portuguese: alemânico (pt) Serbo-Croatian: alemanski Spanish: alemánico (es)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Alemannic German terms

Further reading

• Alemannic German on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Alemannic, gsw ⁠