Old Prussian

English

Alternative forms

• OPr., OPruss (abbreviation)

Adjective

Old Prussian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people

• Czech: pruština f
• Finnish: muinaispreussilainen
• German: altpreußisch (de)
• Latvian: prūšu m pl
• Polish: staropruski
• Russian: прусский (ru) (prusskij)

Proper noun

Old Prussian

1. An extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the Old Prussians, the indigenous peoples of the historical region of Prussia (now north-eastern Poland, the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Lithuania).

Translations

the Old Prussian language — see also Prussian

• Armenian: պրուսերեն (hy) (pruseren)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古普魯士語／古普鲁士语, 普魯士語／普鲁士语 (Pǔlǔshìyǔ)

• Danish: gammelpreussisk c
• Dutch: Oudpruisisch n
• Finnish: muinaispreussi (fi)
• French: vieux prussien (fr)
• Galician: prusiano antigo (gl) m
• German: Altpreußisch (de) n
• Portuguese: prussiano antigo m
• Scots: Auld Proushie
• Spanish: prusiano antiguo (es) m
• Swedish: fornpreussiska c
• Ukrainian: пруська мова (prusʹka mova)

Noun

Old Prussian (plural Old Prussians)

1. A member of the Baltic tribe that historically inhabited Prussia; a Baltic Prussian.

Translations

member of the Baltic tribe that inhabited Prussia

• German: Pruße (de) m, Prußin (de) f
• Japanese: プルーセン (Purūsen)
• Latvian: prūsis m, prūse f

See also

• New Prussian
• Prussian
• Prussia
• Low Prussian

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Old Prussian, prg ⁠