English Explanatory Dictionary

Central German

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation of Proto-Germanic *-pp- and *-mp-.
adj
  1. of the Central German dialects

Word forms

Central German

Etymology

Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch.

Synonyms

Middle German
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