Alemannic

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A language or dialect group, belonging to the High German dialects, spoken in certain parts of South Germany, in Alsace (France), Vorarlberg (Austria), Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Adjective

• Of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group.
• Of or relating to the Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes.

Origin

• From Latin Alemannicus, from Latin Alemannī ("the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube"), from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, corresponding to *allaz + *mann-.