| 单词 | West Germanic |
| 释义 | West Germanic (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY West Germanic USAGE EXAMPLESTogether with English and Frisian, the German language forms part of the West Germanic group of languages. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) North Germanic or Scandinavian, West Germanic or Low and High German, and East Germanic, of which the only important representative is Gothic. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) These, with High German, constitute the 'West Germanic' branch, as Gothic and the Scandinavian tongues constitute the 'East Germanic' branch, of the Teutonic family. Wenner, George, The Lutherans of New York—Their Sto...(2010) n a branch of the Germanic languages Syn|Hypo|Hyper West Germanic language English, English language an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries German, German language, High Germanthe standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic Low German, Plattdeutscha German dialect spoken in northern Germany Dutchthe West Germanic language of the Netherlands Frisiana West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English American, American English, American languagethe English language as used in the United States cockneythe nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London geordiethe nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne King's English, Queen's EnglishEnglish as spoken by educated persons in southern England Received Pronunciationthe approved pronunciation of British English; originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain); until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting Middle EnglishEnglish from about 1100 to 1450 Modern EnglishEnglish since about 1450 Anglo-Saxon, Old EnglishEnglish prior to about 1100 Oxford Englishthe dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious Scots, Scots English, Scottishthe dialect of English used in Scotland Old High GermanHigh German prior to 1200 Middle High GermanHigh German from 1100 to 1500 Yiddisha dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script Pennsylvania Dutcha dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland Old SaxonLow German prior to 1200 Middle Low GermanLow German from 1100 to 1500 Flemish, Flemish dialectone of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch Afrikaans, South African Dutch, Taalan official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish Old Frisianthe Frisian language until the 16th century; the Germanic language of ancient Frisia Germanic, Germanic language a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic |
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