Upper German

English

noun
Definitions
  • one of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-.

Etymology

Derived from German Oberdeutsch.

Origin

German (Berlin)

Oberdeutsch

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