Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sappadino

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sap-padi-no
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.

Example Sentences

"The Austrian scholar, M. Hurnung, has published a dictionary of Sappadino; the socio-linguistic situation in Sauria/Zahre has been analysed by N. Denison[.]"
"Similar problems arise also with other languages, such as Old Italian, Old High German, Old English, Old French, which have traditionally been characterized as V2 languages, [and] Rhaetoromance, Mocheno, Sappadino, Cimbrian."
"The same is true of other German dialects spoken in the Italian Alps like Sappadino (Plodarisch) and Mocheno, which also display regular subject inversion, but allow for V3 orders: (the Sappadino data in (5) are reported from Poletto[)...]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sappadino.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: sappadino

Frequently Paired Words

Mocheno Mòcheno Cimbrian

Synonyms

Plodarisch

Questions

What does sappadino mean?: The Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
Where does sappadino come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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