swabian
/ˈsweɪbi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or related to Swabia, its people, or its dialect of the German language.
name
An Upper German dialects of High German chiefly spoken in the region of Swabia.
Example Sentences
- "The Swabians, for their part, resent their reputation as carpetbaggers and the slights they have been forced to endure, with graffiti reading “Schwaben raus,” or “Swabians out,” a slogan often directed at foreigners, an increasingly common sight."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Swabia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Swabian From Swabia + -an.
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