Upper Franconian

English

Etymology

Calque of German Oberfränkisch.

Proper noun

Upper Franconian

1. 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

Coordinate terms

• Alemannic German
• Austro-Bavarian
• Swabian