Sorbianize

English

Alternative forms

• sorbianize (US)
• Sorbianise, sorbianise (UK)

Etymology

From Sorbian +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːɹbiənaɪz/

Verb

Sorbianize (third-person singular simple present Sorbianizes, present participle Sorbianizing, simple past and past participle Sorbianized)

1. (transitive) to give a Sorbian character to
   1. (transitive) to give an Upper Sorbian character to
      • 2008, Tomasz Kamusella, The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, Springer, →ISBN, page 306:

        The 1948–1952 linguistic reforms secured the unification of Upper Sorbian and encouraged the use of this variety at the expense of increasingly neglected Lower Sorbian, which also became Upper Sorbianized much to the dislike of Lower Sorbian-speakers.

   2. (transitive) to give a Lower Sorbian character to
2. (intransitive) to adopt Sorbian customs or culture
   1. (intransitive) to adopt Upper Sorbian customs or culture
   2. (intransitive) to adopt Lower Sorbian customs or culture

Related terms

nouns

• Sorbianization

Translations

to give a Sorbian character to

• Czech: sorabizovat
• German: sorabisieren
• Polish: sorabizować impf, zsorabizować pf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: sorabizěrowaś impf, zsorabizěrowaś pf

  Upper Sorbian: sorabizować impf, přeserbšćeć impf, přeserbšćować (hsb) impf, přeserbšćić pf