Central German

== English == === Etymology === Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch. === Noun === Central German (uncountable) One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation of Proto-Germanic *-pp- and *-mp-. ==== Usage notes ==== Yiddish is usually included in this group, at least in traditional German dialectology. ==== Synonyms ==== Middle German ==== Meronyms ==== West Central German, West Middle German East Central German, East Middle German ==== Holonyms ==== High German ==== Coordinate terms ==== Upper German ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Central German (not comparable) of the Central German dialects ==== Translations ====