Pomeranian

See also: pomeranian

English

Etymology

From Pomerania +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/, /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/
• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Pomeranian (comparative more Pomeranian, superlative most Pomeranian)

1. Of or relating to Pomerania.
   • Alexandra Jacob, American Pommersch – Pommern im linguistischen Erbe Wisconsins, in: 2008, Josef Raab, Jan Wirrer (eds.), Die deutsche Präsenz in den USA / The German Presence in the U.S.A., p. 627ff., here p. 627

     In my 2002 research project I focused on the documentation of the Pomeranian Low German as spoken in the state of Wisconsin.

   • Antje Petty, Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools, in: 2013, Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, Joseph Salmons (eds.), Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 37ff., here p. 49:

     This was expressed by a Pomeranian Low German speaker born in 1903 in Hamburg, Marathon County:
     [...]

   • Stephen Benson, The soul music of "The Juniper Tree", in: 2015, Maria Tatar (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales, Cambridge University Press, p. 166ff., here p. 173:

     Runge's version, published by Arnim in 1808, is in Pomeranian (low German) dialect, and [...]

Derived terms

• East Pomeranian
• Pomeranian Voivodeship
• West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Translations

of, or relative to Pomerania

• Bulgarian: померански (pomeranski)
• Catalan: pomerani
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: pommerilainen
• French: poméranien (fr) m, poméranienne (fr) f
• Friulian: pomeran
• German: pommersch (de), pommerisch (de)
• Greek: πομερανικός (el) m (pomeranikós), πομερανική f (pomeranikí), πομερανικό n (pomeranikó)
• Hungarian: pomerániai
• Irish: Pomaerach, Pomaránach
• Italian: pomerano
• Kashubian: pòmòrsczi m
• Kazakh: поморлық (pomorlyq)
• Ligurian: pomeran
• Polish: pomorski (pl) m
• Portuguese: pomerano (pt)
• Russian: помера́нский (ru) (pomeránskij)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: pomorski

• Spanish: pomerano

Noun

Pomeranian (plural Pomeranians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
2. A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.

   Synonyms: Pomeranian spitz, Zwergspitz

Translations

native or inhabitant of Pomerania

• Catalan: pomerani m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波美拉尼亞人 / 波美拉尼亚人 (Bōměilāníyà rén)

• Finnish: pommerilainen
• French: Poméranien (fr) m, Poméranienne (fr) f
• German: Pommeraner m, Pommeranerin f, Pommer (de) m
• Italian: pomerano m, pomerana f
• Polish: Pomorzanin (pl) m, Pomorzanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: pomerano (pt) m
• Russian: поморя́нин (ru) m (pomorjánin)
• Spanish: pomerano m
• Swedish: pomrare (sv) c

breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs

• Bulgarian: шпиц m (špic)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博美犬 (Bóměi quǎn)

• Esperanto: nanoŝpico
• Finnish: pomeranian (fi), pommi (fi)
• French: spitz nain (fr) m, loulou de Poméranie (fr) m
• German: Zwergspitz m
• Greek: πομεράνιαν (el) n (pomeránian)
• Hungarian: törpespicc, pomerániai törpespicc
• Irish: madra pomaerach m
• Italian: volpino (it) m, pomero (it)
• Japanese: ポメラニアン (pomeranian)
• Korean: 포메라니안 (pomeranian)
• Polish: Szpic miniaturowy
• Portuguese: lulu-da-pomerânia (pt), spitz-alemão-anão m (formally)
• Russian: Помера́нский шпи́ц (Pomeránskij špíc)
• Spanish: spitz enano m
• Swedish: dvärgspets c

Proper noun

Pomeranian

1. Pomeranian Low German.
   • P. Rosenberg, Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln), in: 2005, Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, Paul Kerswill (eds.), Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, p. 221ff., here p. 228:

     Among their dialects the Rhine Franconian and Moselle-Franconian varieties prevailed, but other dialects were present as well, such as Upper German Swabian, Low German Westphalian, Pomeranian, and the Mennonite varieties, and even Volga German.

   • 2011, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1995), p. 238, inside the section German:

     [...] the language of everyday use is characterized by a wide panorama of local dialectal variation, ranging from Low German dialects in the north (e.g. Low Saxon, Westphalian, Pomeranian), through Central German dialects (e.g. Hessian, Thuringian, Silesian) to the High German dialects of the south (e.g. Bavarian, High Alemannic, Alsatian and Franconian) [...]

   • 2019, Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today 248), p. 6:

     A second important isogloss that separates Pomeranian from the other Low German variants, [...] These strong morphemes are absent in the North Sea Germanic area, as well as in Pomeranian.

2. The Kashubian language.

Translations

Kashubian — see Kashubian

Anagrams

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