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germannoun(uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
high germannounThe standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
low germannounA West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.
westphaliannounA native or inhabitant of Westphalia, a geographic region, part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
east central germannounOne of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).
history of the dutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language, that originated from the Old Frankish dialects.
swabian german
hessian dialectsHessian is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hesse.
germanicnoun(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
dutchnounThe main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.
norwegian languageNorwegian is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language.
bavarian languageBavarian, alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a major group of Upper German varieties spoken in the south-east of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria and the Italian region of South Tyrol.
german standard germanGerman Standard German, Standard German of Germany, or High German of Germany, is the variety of Standard German that is written and spoken in Germany.
german dialectsthe various traditional local varieties of the German language.
west slavicnounA subgrouping of the Slavic language family spoken mainly in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lusatia (a small area in Germany).
west germanicnoun(linguistics) The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of English, Frisian languages, Dutch, Afrikaans, Low Saxon languages, German, and Yiddish, and their immediate predecessors.
silesian germannounA nearly extinct West Germanic language (group of Central German dialects), formerly spoken in Silesia, chiefly Lower Silesia (now Poland), and among the expellee community in Germany (now chiefly elderly people).
east low germannounLow German dialects spoken in the East (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Pomerania, West and East Prussia).
swabiannounA person from Swabia.
old low franconiannoun(strict sense) The West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.

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