Upper German

English

Etymology

Calque of German Oberdeutsch / oberdeutsch.

Noun

Upper German (uncountable)

1. One of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German / Middle German (= Mitteldeutsch) by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-.

Meronyms

• EUG (East Upper German)
• Alemannic, Alemannic German
• Bavarian
• Swabish, Swabian
• Upper Franconian
• WUG (West Upper German)

Holonyms

• High German

Coordinate terms

• Central German / Middle German
• Low German

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上部德語 / 上部德语 (shàngbù Déyǔ)

• German: Oberdeutsch (de) n
• Russian: южнонемецкий диалект m (južnonemeckij dialekt)

Adjective

Upper German (not comparable)

1. of the Upper German dialects

Translations

relating to Upper German

• German: oberdeutsch (de)
• Russian: южнонемецкий (ru) (južnonemeckij)