Ripuarian

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  Ripuarius (perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ripa (“river bank”)) +‎ -an

Proper noun

Ripuarian

1. A West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects

Synonyms

• Ripuarian Franconian

Hyponyms

• Kölsch, Colognian

Translations

West Germanic dialect

• Dutch: Ripuarisch (nl) n
• French: francique ripuaire (fr)
• German: Ripuarisch (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ripuario m
• Russian: рипуа́рский язы́к m (ripuárskij jazýk)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} Ripuarisch, ^{(please verify)} Nordmittelfränkisch
• Bavarian: ^{(please verify)} Ripuarisch, ^{(please verify)} Ripuarer
• Central Franconian: ^{(please verify)} Ripoarisch, ^{(please verify)} Ripuarisch
• German: ^{(please verify)} Nordmittelfränkisch, (19th centrury, also: ^{(please verify)} Mittelfränkisch (de))
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} リプアーリ語
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Ripuarska narječja
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ภาษาริปัวเรียน

Noun

Ripuarian (plural Ripuarians)

1. (historical) Any of the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed to the Salian branch.

Synonyms

• (people): Ripuarian Frank

Translations

member of a section of the Frankish people

• Dutch: Ripuariër m
• French: Franc ripuaire
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ripuário m

Adjective

Ripuarian (comparative more Ripuarian, superlative most Ripuarian)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ripuarian people or (one of) its members or descendants.
2. Of or pertaining to one, all, or any of the Ripuarian dialects.
3. Of or pertaining to a Ripuarian speaker or speakers.

Related terms

• riparian

Translations

pertaining to a/the tribal Ripuarian(s)

• Dutch: Ripuarisch (nl)
• French: franc ripuaire
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ripuarisch (de)

pertaining to dialect

• Dutch: Ripuarisch (nl)
• French: francique ripuaire (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ripuarisch (de)

pertaining to Ripuarian speaker(s)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} ripuarisch, ^{(please verify)} nordmittelfränkisch
• Bavarian: ^{(please verify)} ripuarisch
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Central Franconian: ^{(please verify)} ripoarisch, ^{(please verify)} ripuarisch
• German: ^{(please verify)} nordmittelfränkisch, (19th centrury, also: ^{(please verify)} mittelfränkisch (de))

Further reading

• (international standards) language code for ksh. (Kölsch dialect)
• Ethnologue entry for Ripuarian, ksh ⁠ (Kölsch dialect)