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Hunsrik

Syllables: Huns·rik/ˈhuns.rik/

Hunsrik proper noun: a West Central German language or dialect, influenced by other German varieties as well as Portuguese, spoken by over 1 million people in (mainly southern) Brazil.

Proper noun

Hunsrik

  1. A West Central German language or dialect, influenced by other German varieties as well as Portuguese, spoken by over 1 million people in (mainly southern) Brazil.

Origin of Hunsrik

Borrowed from Hunsrik, representing a rarer spelling of Hunsrick. This word principally refers to the Hunsrück mountains in southwestern Germany (where the largest group of German settlers came from). However, it is also used of the language, e.g. Hunsrick spreche (“to speak Hunsrik”).

Questions about Hunsrik

What does Hunsrik mean?
Hunsrik means a West Central German language or dialect, influenced by other German varieties as well as Portuguese, spoken by over 1 million people in (mainly southern) Brazil.
What part of speech is Hunsrik?
Hunsrik is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hunsrik?
Hunsrik is pronounced /ˈhuns.rik/.

Words near Hunsrik in the dictionary

  1. Hunsicker
  2. Hunsinger
  3. Hunsingers
  4. Hunslet
  5. Hunsonby
  6. Hunsrik
  7. Hunsrück
  8. Hunstanton
  9. Hunsucker
  10. Hunsuckers
  11. hunt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hunsrik (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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