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Upper Saxon German, the Glossary

Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch) is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German state of Saxony and in adjacent parts of southeastern Saxony-Anhalt and eastern Thuringia.^[1]

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Central German languages
Languages attested from the 12th century
Saxony

Accent (sociolinguistics)

In sociolinguistics, an accent is a way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual.

See Upper Saxon German and Accent (sociolinguistics)

Attic Greek

Attic Greek is the Greek dialect of the ancient region of Attica, including the polis of Athens.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

See Upper Saxon German and Berlin

Bible translations into German

German language translations of the Bible have existed since the Middle Ages.

See Upper Saxon German and Bible translations into German

Bohemia

Bohemia (Čechy; Böhmen; Čěska; Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.

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Borna, Leipzig

Borna is a town in Saxony, Germany, capital of the Leipzig district.

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Central German or Middle German (mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from the Rhineland in the west to the former eastern territories of Germany. Upper Saxon German and Central German are central German languages and German dialects.

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Central Germany (cultural area)

Central Germany (Mitteldeutschland) is an economic and cultural region in Germany.

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Chancery (medieval office)

A chancery or chancellery (cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents.

See Upper Saxon German and Chancery (medieval office)

County of Flanders

The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Deutsche Welle

("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and it is the second most populous city after Leipzig.

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Duchy of Bavaria

The Duchy of Bavaria was a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth century.

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Duchy of Franconia

The Duchy of Franconia (Herzogtum Franken) was one of the five stem duchies of East Francia and the medieval Kingdom of Germany emerging in the early 10th century.

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Duchy of Saxony

The Duchy of Saxony (Hartogdom Sassen, Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804.

See Upper Saxon German and Duchy of Saxony

Early New High German

Early New High German (ENHG) is a term for the period in the history of the German language generally defined, following Wilhelm Scherer, as the period 1350 to 1650, developing from Middle High German and into New High German.

See Upper Saxon German and Early New High German

East Central German

East Central German or East Middle German (Ostmitteldeutsch) is the eastern Central German language and is part of High German. Upper Saxon German and east Central German are central German languages, German dialects and languages of Germany.

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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

See Upper Saxon German and East Germany

Edition Leipzig

Edition Leipzig was a publisher in the German Democratic Republic (GDR/DDR), which, for the most part, placed books on Western markets as an export publisher.

See Upper Saxon German and Edition Leipzig

Eilenburg

Eilenburg (Jiłow) is a town in Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Eilenburg

Elbe

The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.

See Upper Saxon German and Elbe

Electorate of Saxony

The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (Kurfürstentum Sachsen or), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806.

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Erzgebirgisch

Erzgebirgisch (Standard; Erzgebirgisch: Arzgebirgsch) is a (East) Central German dialect, spoken mainly in the central Ore Mountains in Saxony. Upper Saxon German and Erzgebirgisch are German dialects.

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Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

The expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II was part of a series of evacuations and deportations of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II.

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Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)

During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg (Neumark) and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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Germanic languages

The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.

See Upper Saxon German and Germanic languages

Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

See Upper Saxon German and Germany

Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Habsburg monarchy

The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that were ruled by the House of Habsburg.

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High German consonant shift

In historical linguistics, the High German consonant shift or second Germanic consonant shift is a phonological development (sound change) that took place in the southern parts of the West Germanic dialect continuum in several phases.

See Upper Saxon German and High German consonant shift

High German languages

The High German languages (hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard High German which is commonly also called "High German" – comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and eastern Belgium, as well as in neighbouring portions of France (Alsace and northern Lorraine), Italy (South Tyrol), the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Poland (Upper Silesia). Upper Saxon German and High German languages are German dialects and languages of Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and High German languages

Italian language

Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.

See Upper Saxon German and Italian language

Johann Christoph Adelung

Johann Christoph Adelung (8 August 173210 September 1806) was a German grammarian and philologist.

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Johann Christoph Gottsched

Johann Christoph Gottsched (2 February 1700 – 12 December 1766) was a German philosopher, author and critic of the Enlightenment.

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Johann Erich Biester

Johann Erich Biester (17 November 1749, in Lübeck – 20 February 1816, in Berlin) was a German philosopher.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

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Koiné language

In linguistics, a koine or koiné language or dialect (pronounced) is a standard or common dialect that has arisen as a result of the contact, mixing, and often simplification of two or more mutually intelligible varieties of the same language.

See Upper Saxon German and Koiné language

Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lenition

In linguistics, lenition is a sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous.

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Low Saxon

Low Saxon (Nedersaksisch), also known as West Low German (Westniederdeutsch) are a group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority). Upper Saxon German and Low Saxon are German dialects.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Lower Saxony

Luther Bible

The Luther Bible (Lutherbibel) is a German language Bible translation by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther.

See Upper Saxon German and Luther Bible

Margravate of Meissen

The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen (Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony.

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Martin Luther

Martin Luther (10 November 1483– 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar.

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Meissen

Meissen (Meißen), is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany.

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Meissen (district)

Meissen (Meißen) is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Middle High German

Middle High German (MHG; Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. Upper Saxon German and Middle High German are German dialects.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.

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Mining in the Upper Harz

Mining in the Upper Harz region of central Germany was a major industry for several centuries, especially for the production of silver, lead, copper, and, latterly, zinc as well.

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Mittelsachsen

Mittelsachsen ("Central Saxony") is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Mittelsachsen

Nordsachsen

Nordsachsen ("North Saxony") is a district (Kreis) in Saxony, Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Nordsachsen

Northern Germany

Northern Germany (Norddeutschland) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony and the two city-states Hamburg and Bremen.

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Ore Mountains

The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge, Krušné hory) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany.

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Ostsiedlung

Ostsiedlung is the term for the Early Medieval and High Medieval migration of ethnic Germans and Germanization of the areas populated by Slavic, Baltic and Finnic peoples, the most settled area was known as Germania Slavica.

See Upper Saxon German and Ostsiedlung

Polabian Slavs

Polabian Slavs, also known as Elbe Slavs and more broadly as Wends, is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river in what is today eastern Germany.

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Pronunciation

Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken.

See Upper Saxon German and Pronunciation

Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Renaissance humanism in Northern Europe

Renaissance humanism came much later to Germany and Northern Europe in general than to Italy, and when it did, it encountered some resistance from the scholastic theology which reigned at the universities.

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Roundedness

In phonetics, vowel roundedness is the amount of rounding in the lips during the articulation of a vowel.

See Upper Saxon German and Roundedness

Saale

The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale (Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe.

See Upper Saxon German and Saale

Saxony

Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.

See Upper Saxon German and Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.

See Upper Saxon German and Saxony-Anhalt

Sächsische Schweiz (district)

The Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) is a former district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony, Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Sächsische Schweiz (district)

Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.

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Sorbian languages

The Sorbian languages (serbska rěč, serbska rěc) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany. Upper Saxon German and Sorbian languages are languages of Germany.

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Standard German

Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland, Schriftdeutsch), is the umbrella term for the standardized varieties of the German language, which are used in formal contexts and for communication between different dialect areas. Upper Saxon German and standard German are German dialects and languages of Germany.

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States of Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states.

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Stem duchy

A stem duchy (Stammesherzogtum, from Stamm, meaning "tribe", in reference to the Franks, Saxons, Bavarians and Swabians) was a constituent duchy of the Kingdom of Germany at the time of the extinction of the Carolingian dynasty (death of Louis the Child in 911) and through the transitional period leading to the formation of the Ottonian Empire.

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Stereotype

In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.

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Sudetenland

The Sudetenland (Czech and Sudety) is the historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans.

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Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences.

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Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.

See Upper Saxon German and Thuringia

Thuringian dialect

Thuringian is an East Central German dialect group spoken in much of the modern German Free State of Thuringia north of the Rennsteig ridge, southwestern Saxony-Anhalt and adjacent territories of Hesse and Bavaria. Upper Saxon German and Thuringian dialect are central German languages, German dialects and languages of Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Thuringian dialect

Torgau

Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany.

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Tuscan dialect

Tuscan (dialetto toscano; label) is a set of Italo-Dalmatian varieties of Romance spoken in Tuscany, Corsica, and Sardinia.

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Upper Harz

The Upper Harz (Oberharz) is the northwestern and higher part of the Harz mountain range in Germany.

See Upper Saxon German and Upper Harz

Variety (linguistics)

In sociolinguistics, a variety, also known as a lect or an isolect, is a specific form of a language or language cluster.

See Upper Saxon German and Variety (linguistics)

Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (30 June 18931 August 1973) was a German communist politician.

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Weißenfels

Weißenfels (often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany.

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West Germanic languages

The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages).

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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Word formation

In linguistics, word formation is an ambiguous term that can refer to either.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Saxon_German

Also known as ISO 639:sxu, Meißenisch, Obersächsisch, Säggssch, Upper Saxon, Upper Saxon German language, Upper Saxon dialect, Upper Saxon language.

, Mining, Mining in the Upper Harz, Mittelsachsen, Nordsachsen, Northern Germany, Ore Mountains, Ostsiedlung, Polabian Slavs, Pronunciation, Prussia, Renaissance humanism in Northern Europe, Roundedness, Saale, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Sächsische Schweiz (district), Seven Years' War, Sorbian languages, Standard German, States of Germany, Stem duchy, Stereotype, Sudetenland, Syntax, Thuringia, Thuringian dialect, Torgau, Tuscan dialect, Upper Harz, Variety (linguistics), Walter Ulbricht, Weißenfels, West Germanic languages, West Germany, Word formation.

Upper Saxon German, the Glossary

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Central German languages

Languages attested from the 12th century

Saxony

References