alemanni
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.31 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.
noun
Those individuals descended from one of the Alemanni tribes.
adj
Of or related to the Alemanni peoples.
adj
Of or related to the Alemannic language or dialects.
Example Sentences
- "The hasty army of volunteers gradually coalesced into a great and permanent nation, and, as it was composed from so many different tribes, assumed the name of Alemanni, or Allmen ; to denote at once their various lineage, and their common bravery."
- "The Alemanni were originally composed of fragments of several Germanic peoples, and they remained a loosely knit confederation of tribes in the Suebi group (see Suebi)."
- "On the basis of their location along the Rhine River during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, I have concluded that my ancestors were Alemanni and Franks, though lacking in ethnic purity."
- "This time, however, his troops faced the full brunt of an Alemanni force that attacked them on the way."
Etymology
From Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of Danube”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Alemannī