Upper Franconian

English

Etymology

Calque of German Oberfränkisch.

Proper noun

Upper Franconian

1. one of four main subgroups of the Upper German dialects; spoken in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria as well as some adjacent parts of Germany
   • 1983, C.A.M. Noble, Modern German Dialects, page 59f:

     The North Upper German area (Nordoberdeutsch) is like a wedge pushing the Middle German area northwards. It includes the two High or Upper Franconian (Hochfränkisch, Oberfränkisch) dialects known as South Franconian and East Franconian (Südfränkisch; Ostfränkisch) as well as the dialect of North Bavarian (Nordbairisch).

Usage notes

• Note that Upper Franconian is in no way restricted to the Bavarian subregion of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). The linguistic term refers to the historic Franks, not the modern region.

Synonyms

• High Franconian

Meronyms

• East Franconian
• South Franconian

Holonyms

• West Germanic
  • High German
    • Upper German

Coordinate terms

• Alemannic, Alemannic German
• Bavarian
• Swabish, Swabian

Translations

Translations

• German: Oberfränkisch n