Wendish

[ wen-dish ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Wends or their language; Sorbian.

noun

1. Sorbian ( def 2 ).

Wendish

/ ˈwɛndɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Wends

noun

1. See Sorbian
   the West Slavonic language of the Wends See also Sorbian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wendish¹

1605–15; < German wendisch, equivalent to Wende Wend + -isch -ish ¹

Example Sentences

"Dirty Wendish pigs," they said (which was their favourite malediction, though they themselves were Wend of the Wends).

From Project Gutenberg

Itzenplitz, the name of a family once of great consequence in the Mark of Brandenburg is ultra-Wendish.

From Project Gutenberg

He insisted on a personal interview with the aged Boguslav, the last of the old Wendish line.

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Crowds of pilgrims have come from all the neighbouring villages, Wendish and Saxon.

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That is the vestal hearth of the Wendish house, without which there would be no home.

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