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

Our Alemannic poet," he wrote, "has life and feeling for everything,—the open heart, the open arms of love; and every star and every flower are human in his sight….

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

The one consisted of the older Alemannic and Austrasian unions, where the traces of Roman influence continued, where the large cities were situated, and the principal sees.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

She spoke High German with a strong Alemannic accent.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

Between the fifth and the ninth centuries we get the Visigothic, Burgundian, Salic, Ripuarian, Alemannic, Lombardian, Bavarian, Frisian, Saxon, and Thuringian law books.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur

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