Alemannic

American  

[al-uh-man-ik] / ˌæl əˈmæn ɪk /

Or Alamannic

noun

1. the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Alemannic or the Alemanni.

Alemannic British  

/ ˌæləˈmænɪk /

noun

1. 1. the group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany

   2. the language of the ancient Alemanni, from which these modern dialects have developed See also Old High German

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Alemanni, their speech, or the High German dialects descended from it

Etymology

Origin of Alemannic

1770–80; < Latin Alamannicus: see Alemanni, -ic

Example Sentences

Distance and absence turned the quaint dialect to music, and out of this mild home-sickness grew the Alemannic poems.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

Between the fifth and the ninth centuries we get the Visigothic, Burgundian, Salic, Ripuarian, Alemannic, Lombardian, Bavarian, Frisian, Saxon, and Thuringian law books.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur

She spoke High German with a strong Alemannic accent.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

Yes, that is in one of the farms of the Alemannic settlers.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Dahn, Felix

This seems to be a characteristic feature of the South-German dialects, though in none is it so pronounced as in the Alemannic.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various