Upper Franconian
English
Etymology
Calque of German Oberfränkisch.
Proper noun
Upper Franconian
- one of four main subgroups of the Upper German dialects; spoken in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria as well as some adjacent parts of Germany
Usage notes
- Note that Upper Franconian is in no way restricted to the Bavarian subregion of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). The linguistic term refers to the historic Franks, not the modern region.
Hypernyms
- West Germanic
- High German
- Upper German
- High German
Coordinate terms
- Alemannic German
- Austro-Bavarian
- Swabian