Ripuarian

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects

Noun

• Any of the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed to the Salian branch.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Ripuarian people or (one of) its members or descendants.
• Of or pertaining to one, all, or any of the Ripuarian dialects.
• Of or pertaining to a Ripuarian speaker or speakers.

Related

Similar words

• Ripuarian Franconian
• Ripuarian Frank

Origin

• From Medieval Latin Ripuarius (perhaps from Latin ripa) -an