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Etymology
Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch.
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Central German (uncountable)
- One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation of Proto-Germanic *-pp- and *-mp-.
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Central German
- (not comparable) of the Central German dialects
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