Old Prussian

Old Prussian

English

Alternative forms

• OPr., OPruss (abbreviation)

Adjective

Old Prussian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people

Finnish: muinaispreussilainen German: altpreußisch (de) Latvian: prūšu m pl Polish: staropruski Russian: прусский (ru) (prusskij)

Proper noun

Old Prussian

1. An extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the Old Prussians, the indigenous peoples of the historical region of Prussia (now north-eastern Poland, the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Lithuania).

Translations

the Old Prussian language — See also translations at Prussian

Armenian: պրուսերեն (hy) (pruseren) Danish: gammelpreussisk c Dutch: Oudpruisisch n Finnish: muinaispreussi (fi) French: vieux prussien (fr) Galician: prusiano antigo (gl) m German: Altpreußisch (de) n Portuguese: prussiano antigo m Scots: Auld Proushie Spanish: prusiano antiguo (es) m Swedish: fornpreussiska c Ukrainian: пруська мова (prusʹka mova)

Noun

Old Prussian (plural Old Prussians)

1. A member of the Baltic tribe that historically inhabited Prussia; a Baltic Prussian.

Translations

member of the Baltic tribe that inhabited Prussia

German: Pruße (de) m, Prußin (de) f Japanese: プルーセン (Purūsen) Latvian: prūsis m, prūse f

See also

• New Prussian
• Prussian
• Prussia
• Wikipedia article on Prussia
• Low Prussian

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Old Prussian, prg ⁠