Alemannic

or Al·a·man·nic

[ al-uh-man-ik ]

noun

1. the high German speech of Switzerland, Alsace, and southwestern Germany. Compare Bavarian ( def 3 ).

adjective

1. of or relating to Alemannic or the Alemanni.

Alemannic

/ 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

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Alemannic¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Alemannic¹

C18: from Late Latin Alamannicus, of Germanic origin

Example Sentences

An Alemannic invasion took the town down in flames, and a thousand years later, the walled medieval city of Rottenburg rose in the same spot.

From New York Times

Reading it, I kept thinking about how its basic materials might have been incorporated into a more conventional academic text, how its various strands might be tied together into an overall argument about Alemannic literature from the Enlightenment to the prewar era, or the themes of place and exile as they are manifested in same.

From Slate

His super-broad alemannic accent – Streich hails from a village near the Swiss border – and his unfiltered statements made him an unlikely candidate for success in the league but in fact, he should be a role model, an antidote to Spanish relations or similar ills.

From The Guardian

The Swabian dialect… is known as the Alemannic.

From Project Gutenberg

But it must be remembered that this process began tentatively as early as the 10th century in Low German, and also that long, unaccented vowels are preserved in the Alemannic dialect as late as the 14th century and even later.

From Project Gutenberg