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
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Deutsch German
- Oberdeutsch German