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Sorbianize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɔːɹbiənaɪz/ (US)

Etymology

From Sorbian + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) to give a Sorbian character to ▸ to give an Upper Sorbian character to
    • The 1948–1952 linguistic reforms secured the unification of Upper Sorbian and encouraged the use of this variety at the expense of increasingly neglected Lower Sorbian, which also became Upper Sorbianized much to the dislike of Lower Sorbian-speakers. 2008, Tomasz Kamusella, The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe, Springer, →ISBN, page 306:
  2. (transitive) to give a Sorbian character to ▸ to give a Lower Sorbian character to
  3. (intransitive) to adopt Sorbian customs or culture ▸ to adopt Upper Sorbian customs or culture
  4. (intransitive) to adopt Sorbian customs or culture ▸ to adopt Lower Sorbian customs or culture

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Sorbianized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Sorbianized Tense=Past lexicographic
Sorbianizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Sorbianizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sorbianize US, alternative lexicographic
sorbianise UK, alternative lexicographic
Sorbianise UK, alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Sorbianization

Translations (10)

dsb zsorabizěrowaś (to give a Sorbian character to) · hsb přeserbšćić (to give a Sorbian character to) · hsb přeserbšćować (to give a Sorbian character to) · dsb sorabizěrowaś (to give a Sorbian character to) · pl sorbianizować (to give a Sorbian character to) · hsb sorabizować (to give a Sorbian character to) · hsb přeserbšćeć (to give a Sorbian character to) · de sorabisieren (to give a Sorbian character to) · cs sorabizovat (to give a Sorbian character to) · pl zsorbianizować (to give a Sorbian character to)