East Central German

proper noun

One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).

OriginGerman Ostmitteldeutsch →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).
adjectiveEast Central German (not comparable)
  1. not comparableof or pertaining to the East Central German dialects

Origin

  1. GermanOstmitteldeutsch
  2. EnglishEast Central German

Calque of German Ostmitteldeutsch.

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Translations

German Ostmitteldeutsch, ostmitteldeutsch
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Polish dialekt wschodniośrodkowy języka niemieckiego, niemiecki wschodniośrodkowy
  • dialekt wschodniośrodkowy języka niemieckiegoTranslations
  • niemiecki wschodniośrodkowyTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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