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Alemanni

Alemanni noun: a group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.

Noun

Alemanni pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.
    • The hasty army of volunteers gradually coalesced into a great and permanent nation, and, as it was composed from so many different tribes, assumed the name of Alemanni, or Allmen ; to denote at once their various lineage, and their common bravery.1846, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, page 271
    • The Alemanni were originally composed of fragments of several Germanic peoples, and they remained a loosely knit confederation of tribes in the Suebi group (see Suebi).2011 September 15, “Alemanni”, in Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. (plural, plural-only) Those individuals descended from one of the Alemanni tribes.
    • On the basis of their location along the Rhine River during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, I have concluded that my ancestors were Alemanni and Franks, though lacking in ethnic purity.2011 October 1, Richard J. Gehman, “Reflections on our Germanic Mennonite Heritage”, in Bible Fellowship Church Online History Center, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2020

Adjective

Alemanni (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to the Alemanni peoples.
    • This time, however, his troops faced the full brunt of an Alemanni force that attacked them on the way.2007, Michael Curtis Ford, Gods and Legions: A Novel of the Roman Empire, page 109
  2. Of or related to the Alemannic language or dialects.

Origin of Alemanni

From Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of Danube”).

Questions about Alemanni

What does Alemanni mean?
Alemanni means a group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.
What part of speech is Alemanni?
Alemanni can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near Alemanni in the dictionary

  1. alelike
  2. alellotyping
  3. alemaker
  4. alemaking
  5. Aleman
  6. Alemanni
  7. Alemannia
  8. Alemannian
  9. Alemannic
  10. Alemannic German
  11. Alemannish

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