Swabian

English

Etymology

From Swabia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweɪbi.ən/

Adjective

Swabian (comparative more Swabian, superlative most Swabian)

1. Of or related to Swabia, its people, or its dialect of the German language.

Synonyms

• Swabish

Translations

of or pertaining to Swabia

• Arabic: صُوَابِيّ (ṣuwābiyy(un))
• Catalan: sueu (ca)
• Czech: švábský (cs)
• Finnish: schwabilainen
• German: schwäbisch (de)
• Greek: σουαβικός (el) (souavikós)
• Italian: svevo (it)
• Polish: szwabski (pl)
• Portuguese: suábio (pt)
• Spanish: suabo (es)
• Ukrainian: швабський (švabsʹkyj)
• Volapük: Jvabänik (vo)
• Yiddish: שוואַביש (shvabish)

of or pertaining to the Swabian people

• Catalan: sueu (ca)
• Finnish: schwabilainen
• German: schwäbisch (de)
• Polish: szwabski (pl)
• Portuguese: suábio (pt)
• Spanish: suabo (es)
• Ukrainian: швабський (švabsʹkyj)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Jvabänanik, (♂) hi-Jvabänanik, (♀) ji-Jvabänanik
• Yiddish: שוואַביש (shvabish)

of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect of German

• Catalan: sueu (ca)
• Dutch: Zwabisch
• Finnish: schwabilainen
• French: souabe (fr)
• German: schwäbisch (de)
• Italian: svevo (it)
• Polish: szwabski (pl)
• Portuguese: suábio (pt)
• Spanish: suabo (es)
• Swedish: schwabisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: швабський (švabsʹkyj)
• Volapük: Jvabänadialegik
• Yiddish: שוואַביש (shvabish)

Proper noun

Swabian

1. An Upper German dialects of High German chiefly spoken in the region of Swabia.

Synonyms

• Swabish, Swabian German, Swabish German

Hypernyms

• Upper German, High German, German

Translations

Swabian dialect of German

• Catalan: sueu (ca) m
• Czech: švábština f
• Finnish: svaabin murre
• German: Schwäbisch (de) n
• Polish: szwabski (pl) m
• Portuguese: suábio (pt) m
• Spanish: suabo (es) m
• Swedish: schwabiska (sv) c
• Volapük: Jvabänadialeg

Noun

Swabian (plural Swabians)

1. A person from Swabia.
   • 2013 January 18, Nicholas Kulish, “Swabian Separatists Fling Spätzle to Make Their Point”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Swabians, for their part, resent their reputation as carpetbaggers and the slights they have been forced to endure, with graffiti reading “Schwaben raus,” or “Swabians out,” a slogan often directed at foreigners, an increasingly common sight.

Synonyms

• Swabish

Hypernyms

• German

Derived terms

• Banat Swabian
• Danube Swabian

 

Translations

person

• Catalan: sueu (ca) m, sueva f
• Czech: Šváb (cs) m
• Esperanto: ŝvabo (eo) (man or woman), ŝvabino (woman)
• Finnish: svaabi, schwabenilainen
• French: Souabe (fr) m or f
• German: Schwabe (de) m, Schwäbin f

  Alemannic German: Schwaab m

• Greek: Σουαβός (el) m (Souavós), Σουαβή (el) f (Souaví)
• Polish: Szwab (pl) m, Szwabka (pl) f
• Portuguese: suábio (pt)
• Russian: шваб (ru) (švab)
• Volapük: (♂♀) Jvabänan (vo), (♂) hi-Jvabänan, (♀) ji-Jvabänan
• Yiddish: שוואַב m (shvab)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Swabian terms

Anagrams

• Nawasib, wasbian