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Central Franconian
Etymology
From Middle High German slange, from Old High German slango.
Noun
Schlang
- (Moselle Franconian, Hunsrückisch) snake
1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3:Willst Dau, Hannes, noh Bresilje ziehe, / Wo Deich Schlange unn die Affe kriehe? / Ach, dann stehrbt gewiß Dei Liesekett!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
Hunsrik
- xlang (Wiesemann spelling)
Etymology
From Central Franconian Schlang, from Middle High German slange, from Old High German slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.[1]
Cognate with German Schlange, Luxembourgish Schlaang and Pennsylvania German Schlang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlaŋ/
- Rhymes: -aŋ
- Syllabification: Schlang
Noun
Schlang f (plural Schlange)
- snake
Derived terms
References
Limburgish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *slangô.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schlang f (plural Schlange, diminutive Schlängeltje) (Eupen)
- snake, squamate of the suborder Serpentes
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German slange, from Old High German slango. Compare German Schlange, Dutch slang.
Noun
Schlang f (plural Schlange)
- snake, serpent
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German slange, from Old Saxon slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô.
Noun
Schlang f (plural Schlangen)
- snake, serpent