Alemannic
/ˌælɪˈmænɪk/ adj, name
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group.
- 2 Of or relating to the Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes. historical
Proper Noun
- 1 A language or dialect group, belonging to the High German dialects, spoken in certain parts of South Germany, in Alsace (France), Vorarlberg (Austria), Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Etymology
From Latin Alemannicus, from Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube”), from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, corresponding to *allaz + *mann-.