Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

central german

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tral ger-man
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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-.

Uncountable

adj

of the Central German dialects

Etymology

Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

Upper German

Synonyms

Middle German

Questions

What does central german mean?: 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-.
Where does central german come from?: It is traced to German.

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