Upper German

English

Etymology

Calque of German 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 by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-.

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Adjective

Upper German (not comparable)

  1. of the Upper German dialects

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