Central German

English

Etymology

Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch.

Noun

Central German (uncountable)

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-.

Usage notes

• Yiddish is usually included in this group, at least in traditional German dialectology.

Synonyms

• Middle German

Meronyms

• West Central German, West Middle German
• East Central German, East Middle German

Holonyms

• High German

Coordinate terms

• Upper German

Translations

Translations

• Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় আলমানী (kendriẏô almanī)
• German: Mitteldeutsch (de) n
• Marathi: केंद्रीय जर्मन f (kendrīy jarman)

Adjective

Central German

1. (not comparable) of the Central German dialects

Translations

Translations

• German: mitteldeutsch (de)
• Marathi: केंद्रीय जर्मन (kendrīy jarman)