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Upper Franconian en · PROPN

Etymology

Calque of German Oberfränkisch.

Meanings

  1. one of four main subgroups of the Upper German dialects; spoken in the region of Franconia in northern Bavaria as well as some adjacent parts of Germany
    • The North Upper German area (Nordoberdeutsch) is like a wedge pushing the Middle German area northwards. It includes the two High or Upper Franconian (Hochfränkisch, Oberfränkisch) dialects known as South Franconian and East Franconian (Südfränkisch; Ostfränkisch) as well as the dialect of North Bavarian (Nordbairisch). 1983, C.A.M. Noble, Modern German Dialects, page 59f:

Coordinates

Swabish · Bavarian · Swabian · Alemannic · Alemannic German

Holonyms

High German · Upper German · West Germanic

Meronyms

South Franconian · East Franconian

Synonyms

High Franconian

Translations (2)

de Oberfränkisch (Translations) · pl dialekt górnofrankoński (Translations)