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

See Examples For:

Alemannic

Hurter's Memorabilia, concerning the French allies in Swabia, who attempted to found an Alemannic Republic.

From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George

Both, like Bavarian and Alemannic, shift initial German p to the affricate pf.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

After the peculiar mood which called forth the Alemannic poems had passed away, he seems to have felt no further temptation to pursue his literary success.

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

The bishops of Rome, Cordova, Trier, Poitiers, Toulouse, Calaris, Milan, and Vercellæ were in exile, but Gaul was now partly shielded from persecution by the varying fortunes of Julian's Alemannic war.

From The Arian Controversy by Gwatkin, Henry Melvill

The Alemannic dialect, we have said, is at first harsh to the ear.

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