Alemanni

American  

[al-uh-man-ahy] / ˌæl əˈmæn aɪ /

Or Alamanni

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.

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Alemanni British  

/ ˌæləˈmɑːnɪ /

noun

1. a West Germanic people who settled in the 4th century _ad between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube

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Etymology

Origin of Alemanni

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin, of Germanic origin; cognate with Gothic alamans “totality of humankind,” equivalent to ala- + mann- ; see origin at all, man. Cf. almighty

Example Sentences

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Alemanni

I pride myself in being the son of the hero Liutbert, king of the Alemanni.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Felix Dahn

After we, some twenty Alemanni, with the Bajuvaren--they can climb like cats, these mountain huntsmen of Bajuhemum--had clambered over the walls, we thought all was over.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Felix Dahn

When Probus became Emperor, in the year 276, he found a great part of Gaul overrun and ravaged by them and by the Alemanni, on the Upper Rhine.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor

By Fulla, the exuberantly strong and beautiful! that is the right king's wife for the Alemanni!

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Felix Dahn

He defeated and drove back the Alemanni, and then, in the year 270, won a great victory over the Goths, in the neighborhood of Thessalonica.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor