Upper Franconian
English
Etymology
Calque of German Oberfränkisch.
Proper noun
- 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
Usage notes
- Note that Upper Franconian is in no way restricted to the Bavarian subregion of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). The linguistic term refers to the historic Franks, not the modern region.
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- Alemannic German
- Austro-Bavarian
- Swabian
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