East Central German

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1) One of two major subgroups of the Central German dialects; spoken primarily in the German states of Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Berlin, and until 1945 in large parts of what is now western and southern Poland; distinguished from West Central German by the shift of pre-Old High German initial *p- to pf- (now usually f-).

Usage notes

 * Yiddish is usually included in this group, at least in traditional German dialectology.

Translations

 * German:

Adjective

 * 1) of or pertaining to the East Central German dialects

Translations

 * German: