Meanings
pomeranian1
plural pomeranians
- Alternative letter-case form of Pomeranian (dog)
Pomeranian2
comparative more Pomeranian · superlative most Pomeranian
- Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historic region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
- Of or relating to Pomerania.
Runge's version, published by Arnim in 1808, is in Pomeranian (low German) dialect, and …
Stephen Benson, "The soul music of "The Juniper Tree", in: 2015, Maria Tatar (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales, Cambridge University Press, p. 166ff., here p. 1732 more examples
In my 2002 research project I focused on the documentation of the Pomeranian Low German as spoken in the state of Wisconsin.
Alexandra Jacob, American Pommersch – Pommern im linguistischen Erbe Wisconsins, in: 2008, Josef Raab, Jan Wirrer (eds.), Die deutsche Präsenz in den USA / The German Presence in the U.S.A., p. 627ff., here p. 627This was expressed by a Pomeranian Low German speaker born in 1903 in Hamburg, Marathon County: …
Antje Petty, Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools', in: 2013, Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, Joseph Salmons (eds.), Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 37ff., here p. 49
plural Pomeranians
- A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
- A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.
Synonyms: Pom, Pommy, Pome, Pomeranian spitz, Zwergspitz
- Pomeranian Low German.
A second important isogloss that separates Pomeranian from the other Low German variants, … These strong morphemes are absent in the North Sea Germanic area, as well as in Pomeranian.
2019, Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today 248), p. 62 more examples
Among their dialects the Rhine Franconian and Moselle-Franconian varieties prevailed, but other dialects were present as well, such as Upper German Swabian, Low German Westphalian, Pomeranian, and the Mennonite varieties, and even Volga German.
P. Rosenberg, Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln), in: 2005, Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, Paul Kerswill (eds.), Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, p. 221ff., here p. 228… the language of everyday use is characterized by a wide panorama of local dialectal variation, ranging from Low German dialects in the north (e.g. Low Saxon, Westphalian, Pomeranian), through Central German dialects (e.g. Hessian, Thuringian, Silesian) to the High German dialects of the south (e.g. Bavarian, High Alemannic, Alsatian and Franconian) …
2011, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1995), p. 238, inside the section German - The Kashubian language.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*poomos“taken off > fruit”
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó“off”
- EnglishPomeranian
From Pomerania + -an. Through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off”), distant doublet of pomegranate, whose first element is from Latin pomum, which itself is from Proto-Italic *poomos (“taken off > fruit”).
More words from Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Italic
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Bulgarian померански, шпиц
- померански (pomeranski)of, or relative to Pomerania
- шпиц (špic)breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Catalan pomerani, pomerani
- pomeraniof, or relative to Pomerania
- pomeraninative or inhabitant of Pomerania
Chinese Mandarin 波美拉尼亞人 /波美拉尼亚人, 博美犬
- 波美拉尼亞人 /波美拉尼亚人 (Bōměilāníyà rén)native or inhabitant of Pomerania
- 博美犬 (Bóměi quǎn)breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Czech německý špic trpasličí
- německý špic trpasličíbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Esperanto nanoŝpico
- nanoŝpicobreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Finnish pommerilainen, pommerilainen
- pommerilainenof, or relative to Pomerania
- pommerilainennative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- pomeranianbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
- pommibreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
French poméranien, poméranienne
- poméranienof, or relative to Pomerania
- poméranienneof, or relative to Pomerania
- Poméraniennative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Poméraniennenative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- spitz nainbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
- loulou de Poméraniebreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
German pommersch, pommerisch
- pommerschof, or relative to Pomerania
- pommerischof, or relative to Pomerania
- Pommeranernative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Pommeranerinnative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Pommernative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Zwergspitzbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Greek πομερανικός, πομερανική
- πομερανικός (pomeranikós)of, or relative to Pomerania
- πομερανική (pomeranikí)of, or relative to Pomerania
- πομερανικό (pomeranikó)of, or relative to Pomerania
- πομεράνιαν (pomeránian)breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Hungarian pomerániai, törpespicc
- pomerániaiof, or relative to Pomerania
- törpespiccbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
- pomerániai törpespiccbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Irish Pomaerach, Pomaránach
- Pomaerachof, or relative to Pomerania
- Pomaránachof, or relative to Pomerania
- madra pomaerachbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Italian pomerano, pomerano
- pomeranoof, or relative to Pomerania
- pomeranonative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- pomerananative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- volpinobreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
- pomerobreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Japanese ポメラニアン
- ポメラニアン (pomeranian)breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Korean 포메라니안
- 포메라니안 (pomeranian)breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Polish pomorski, Pomorzanin
- pomorskiof, or relative to Pomerania
- Pomorzaninnative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Pomorzankanative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Szpic miniaturowybreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Portuguese pomerano, pomerano
- pomeranoof, or relative to Pomerania
- pomeranonative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- lulu-da-pomerâniabreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
- spitz-alemão-anãobreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Russian помера́нский, поморя́нин
- помера́нский (pomeránskij)of, or relative to Pomerania
- поморя́нин (pomorjánin)native or inhabitant of Pomerania
- Помера́нский шпи́ц (Pomeránskij špíc)breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Spanish pomerano, pomerano
- pomeranoof, or relative to Pomerania
- pomeranonative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- spitz enanobreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Swedish pomrare, dvärgspets
- pomrarenative or inhabitant of Pomerania
- dvärgspetsbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Vietnamese chó phốc sóc
- chó phốc sócbreed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz dogs
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pomeranian
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