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Zipser

Zipser noun: a member of the Germanic-speaking ethnic group which developed in the Zips region of Upper Hungary (now Slovakia) beginning in the 13th century, and subsequently settled also in northern Romani, Bukovina, Maramureș, Transylvania, and ultimately Germany.

Noun

Zipser (plural Zipsers)

  1. A member of the Germanic-speaking ethnic group which developed in the Zips region of Upper Hungary (now Slovakia) beginning in the 13th century, and subsequently settled also in northern Romani, Bukovina, Maramureș, Transylvania, and ultimately Germany.
    • The Zipsers are an enduring and vigorous race of people, honest and simple in their habits, and remarkable alike for their general mental culture and ardent attachment to liberty and the Protestant faith. Of this they gave countless proofs amidst the vicissitudes their country was subjected to...1854, Sandor Mednyánszky, Anna Margaret Birkbeck, Rural and historical gleanings from eastern Europe, page 193
    • The Lutheran "Swabians" from southwest Germany, [...] the Catholic Bohemian Germans, from the Bohemian Forest, now in the Czech Republic, and the Zipsers, from the Zips mountains, now in Slovakia. The Lutheran "Swabians" immigrated to Bukovina from 1782-1787, and the Zipsers between 1784-1809.2007, Gabriele Lunte, The Catholic Bohemian German of Ellis County, Kansas: A Unique Bavarian Dialect
    Synonyms:
    Zipser German

Adjective

Zipser (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Zipser Germans or their Germanic language.

Synonyms of Zipser

Forms of Zipser

pluralZipsers

Origin of Zipser

From German Zipser, from Zips.

Phrases with Zipser

Questions about Zipser

What does Zipser mean?
Zipser means a member of the Germanic-speaking ethnic group which developed in the Zips region of Upper Hungary (now Slovakia) beginning in the 13th century, and subsequently settled also in northern Romani, Bukovina, Maramureș, Transylvania, and ultimately Germany.
What part of speech is Zipser?
Zipser can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Zipser?
The plural of Zipser is Zipsers.

Words near Zipser in the dictionary

  1. zips
  2. zips down
  3. zips it
  4. zips one's lip
  5. zips up
  6. Zipser
  7. Zipser German
  8. Zipser Germans
  9. Zipsers
  10. ziptie
  11. ziptied

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