Hunsrik

Huns·rik
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/ˈhuns.rik//ˈhʊns.rɪk//ˈhʌns-//ˈhʌnz-/

proper noun

A West Central German language or dialect, influenced by other German varieties as well as Portuguese, spoken by over 1 million people in (mainly southern) Brazil.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A West Central German language or dialect, influenced by other German varieties as well as Portuguese, spoken by over 1 million people in (mainly southern) Brazil.

Origin

Borrowed from Hunsrik, representing a rarer spelling of Hunsrick. This word principally refers to the Hunsrück mountains in southwestern Germany (where the largest group of German settlers came from). However, it is also used of the language, e.g. Hunsrick spreche (“to speak Hunsrik”).

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Translations

Bulgarian Хунскрюкски диалект
  • Хунскрюкски диалект (Hunskrjukski dialekt)language
Chinese Mandarin 漢斯立克語 /汉斯立克语
  • 漢斯立克語 /汉斯立克语language
Finnish hunsrik
  • hunsriklanguage
German Riograndenser Hunsrückisch
  • Riograndenser Hunsrückischlanguage
Portuguese hunsriqueano
  • hunsriqueanolanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Hunsrik. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunsrik

MLA

“Hunsrik.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunsrik. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hunsrik,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunsrik.

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