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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Alemannic

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

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn

Lunches and snacks so aldermanic That one would furnish forth ten dinners, Where reigns a Cretan-tongued panic, Lest news Russ, Dutch, or Alemannic 210 Should make some losers, and some winners— 45.

From Peter Bell the Third by Percy Bysshe Shelley

She spoke High German with a strong Alemannic accent.

From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach

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

Ethnic groups: Alemannic 87.5%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12.5%

From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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