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

Such are the Salic, the Ripuarian, the Alemannic, the Burgundian, the Visigothic, and the Lombard laws.

From The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands by Butler, Charles

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 Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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 Swabian dialect… is known as the Alemannic.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The one consisted of the older Alemannic and Austrasian unions, where the traces of Roman influence continued, where the large cities were situated, and the principal sees.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park