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Moselle Franconian

Moselle Franconian proper noun: one of two subgroups of the Central Franconian dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Siegerland, and parts of eastern Belgium; distinguished from the northern Ripuarian by a number of fairly parallel isoglosses, especially the Dorf-Dorf-Linie and also the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū-.

Proper noun

Moselle Franconian

  1. One of two subgroups of the Central Franconian dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Siegerland, and parts of eastern Belgium; distinguished from the northern Ripuarian by a number of fairly parallel isoglosses, especially the Dorf-Dorf-Linie and also the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū-.

Forms of Moselle Franconian

alternative formMoselle-Franconian
alternative formMosel Franconian

Origin of Moselle Franconian

Calque of German Moselfränkisch.

Questions about Moselle Franconian

What does Moselle Franconian mean?
Moselle Franconian means one of two subgroups of the Central Franconian dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Siegerland, and parts of eastern Belgium; distinguished from the northern Ripuarian by a number of fairly parallel isoglosses, especially the Dorf-Dorf-Linie and also the Moselle Franconian diphthongization of Germanic -ī-, -ū-.
What part of speech is Moselle Franconian?
Moselle Franconian is a proper noun.

Words near Moselle Franconian in the dictionary

  1. Mosel
  2. Moseley
  3. Moseley Green
  4. Moseleys
  5. Moselle
  6. Moselle Franconian
  7. Moselles
  8. Mosels
  9. Mosely
  10. Moselys
  11. Moseman

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