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
• Esperanto: alemana lingvo
• French: alémanique (fr) m
• German: Alemannisch (de) n

  Alemannic German: Alemannisch n

• Khmer: អាល់ឡឺម៉ាន់និសឆ៍ (alləɨmannih)
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• 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)
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• 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 ⁠