верхненемецкий

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Russian

Etymology

From ве́рхний (vérxnij) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ неме́цкий (neméckij), a calque of German hochdeutsch.

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Adjective

верхненеме́цкий (verxneneméckij)

  1. (relational) High German

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “верхненемецкий”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 64