Upper German

== English == === Etymology === Calque of German Oberdeutsch / oberdeutsch. === Noun === Upper German (uncountable) One of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German / Middle German (= Mitteldeutsch) by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-. ==== Meronyms ==== EUG (East Upper German) Alemannic, Alemannic German Bavarian Swabish, Swabian Upper Franconian WUG (West Upper German) ==== Holonyms ==== High German ==== Coordinate terms ==== Central German / Middle German Low German ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Upper German (not comparable) of the Upper German dialects ==== Translations ====