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German
Etymology
From Wende + -isch.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wendisch (strong nominative masculine singular wendischer, not comparable)
- (dated or regional) Sorbian; Wendish (referring to the native West Slavic-speaking population in parts of Saxony and Brandenburg)
- Synonym: sorbisch
- (historical) referring to the Slavic tribes that settled west of the Oder (along the Elbe) or to their later linguistic remnants (outside of Sorbian areas until ca. 1700)
- Synonym: elbslawisch
- (archaic) Slavic in general
- Synonym: slawisch
Declension
Positive forms of wendisch (uncomparable)
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