Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

east central german

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: east- -cen-tral ger-man
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).

adj

of or pertaining to the East Central German dialects

Etymology

Calque of German Ostmitteldeutsch.

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of East Central German terms West Central German

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of East Central German terms West Central German Thuringian Lusatian

Questions

What does east central german mean?: One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).
Where does east central german come from?: Calque of German Ostmitteldeutsch.

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