Upper German

English

Etymology

Calque of German Oberdeutsch / oberdeutsch.

Noun

Upper German (uncountable)

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-.

Coordinate terms

Central German / Middle German
Low German

Meronyms

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

Holonyms

High 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)

of the Upper German dialects

Translations

relating to Upper German

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

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