Upper German
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English
Etymology
Calque of German Oberdeutsch / oberdeutsch.
Noun
- One of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German / Middle German (= Mitteldeutsch) by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-.
Meronyms
- EUG (East Upper German)
- Alemannic, Alemannic German
- Bavarian
- Swabish, Swabian
- Upper Franconian
- WUG (West Upper German)
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Adjective
Upper German (not comparable)
- of the Upper German dialects
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relating to Upper German
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