Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group of High German dialects spoken in Alsace, Switzerland, and parts of southern Germany.
- noun The Germanic dialect of the Alemanni.
- adjective Of or relating to the Alemannic dialects of High German.
- adjective Of or relating to the Alemanni or their language.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the Alemanni, confederated German tribes who began to appear between the Main and the Danube about the beginning of the third century, and occupied that region completely.
- noun The language of the Alemanni, or ancient people of southwestern Germany. Also spelled
Allemannic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.
- noun The language of the Alemanni.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The language, closely related to
German , spoken in certain parts of South Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. - adjective Of or relating to the Alemannic language.
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Examples
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Ethnic groups: Alemannic 86%, Italian, Turkish, and other 14%
Liechtenstein 2008
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At the death of Fastrada, he married Liutgard, an Alemannic woman, who bore him no children.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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Some knowledge of the Alemannic dialect of the Black Forest enabled me to understand the subject of conversation, which, to my surprise, was -- the study of the classics!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various
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Alemannic 87. 5\%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12. 5\%
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ethnic groups: Alemannic 87. 5\%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12. 5\%
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Alemannic gave me, I should have been utterly at sea.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various
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Ethnic divisions: Alemannic 95\%, Italian and other 5\%
The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ethnic groups: Alemannic 87. 5\%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12. 5\%
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ethnic divisions: Alemannic 95\%, Italian and other 5\%
The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ethnic groups: Alemannic 87. 5\%, Italian, Turkish, and other 12. 5\%
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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