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 by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-.

of the Upper German dialects

(not comparable) of the Central German dialects

plural of cousin german

Relating to the Pennsylvania Germans or their language.

(countable) A person descended from German immigrants to Pennsylvania before 1800.

(countable) A member of the German community which settled along the Volga in southern Russia in the 18th century, and can now be found in Siberia, Germany, and elsewhere due to deportations and migrations.

Synonym of waldzither / Synonym of lute guitar

A member or descendant of any of the German communities which settled in the Russian Empire (Russia, Ukraine, etc) and either remain there or migrated on to the US, Argentina, back to Germany, etc.

plural of German lute