Alemannic

American  

[al-uh-man-ik] / ˌæl əˈmæn ɪk /

Or Alamannic

noun

1. the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Alemannic or the Alemanni.

Alemannic British  

/ ˌæləˈmænɪk /

noun

1. 1. the group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and SW Germany

   2. the language of the ancient Alemanni, from which these modern dialects have developed See also Old High German

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Alemanni, their speech, or the High German dialects descended from it

Etymology

Origin of Alemannic

1770–80; < Latin Alamannicus: see Alemanni, -ic

Example Sentences

Ethnic groups: Alemannic 87.5%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12.5%

From The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Lunches and snacks so aldermanic That one would furnish forth ten dinners, Where reigns a Cretan-tongued panic, Lest news Russ, Dutch, or Alemannic 210 Should make some losers, and some winners— 45.

From Peter Bell the Third by Shelley, Percy Bysshe

It is almost as difficult to learn a dialect as a new language, and but for the key which the Alemannic gave me, I should have been utterly at sea.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various

Broad, crabbed, guttural, and unpleasant to the ear which is not thoroughly accustomed to its sound, the Alemannic patois was, in truth, a most unpromising material.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

This seems to be a characteristic feature of the South-German dialects, though in none is it so pronounced as in the Alemannic.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various