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    Hessian (German: Hessisch) is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hesse. The dialect most similar...
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  • introduced by Hessian soldiers) Hessian dialects, West Central German group of dialects Hessian crucible, a type of ceramic crucible Hessian Cup, a regional...
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    one dialect group: Rhine Franconian, or whether most dialects should be regarded as a dialect group of its own: Hessian, whereas only South Hessian is...
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    also to Franconian, Bavarian and Hessian dialects, with locally varying degrees of influence of the initial dialects. Swabian can be difficult to understand...
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  • The Central Hessian dialect is a German dialect subgroup of the Hessian branch of Central German. It has only partly undergone the High German (HG) consonant...
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  • dialect area, the traditional defining isoglosses are the northern fescht/fest-line that separates Palatine German (fescht) from the Hessian dialects...
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    local Apfelwein ("apple wine", known as Ebbelwei or Ebbelwoi in the Hessian dialect) is traditionally served from a large clay jug called a Bembel and...
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    shrank. Large dialects such as the East Pomeranian dialect, most varieties of Silesian German, Prussian dialects and Bohemian German dialects disappeared...
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    West Central German (category German dialects)
    Pennsylvania Hessian (Hessisch) in Hesse and the Rhenish Hesse region of Rhineland-Palatinate North Hessian (Nordhessisch) Central Hessian (Mittelhessisch)...
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    Central German (category German dialects)
    Saxony. The East Central dialects are the closest to Standard German (chiefly as a written language) among other German dialects. Modern Standard German...
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    regarded as one Thuringian-Upper Saxon dialect group. Thuringian dialects are among the Central German dialects with the highest number of speakers. Thuringian...
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    languages or dialects: Alsatian, Bernese German, Pennsylvania German, Standard German and English. Amana German, West Central German, a Hessian dialect in particular...
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  • linguistics, it is a West Central German dialect and it also has some features which correspond to Hessian dialects. When they arrived in Banat during the...
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    Aschaffenburg (officially part of Lower Franconia), whose inhabitants speak Hessian dialects. To the north rise the Rennsteig ridge of the Thuringian Forest, the...
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  • Valle) other dialects Østlandsk [no] (Eastern Norway) Flatbygd dialects [no] (Lowland districts) Vikværsk dialects (Viken district) Andebu dialect [no] (Andebu)...
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  • Amana German (category Dialects of languages with ISO 639-3 code)
    derived from the Hessian dialect, which is a West Central German dialect. There are seven villages in Amana with slightly different dialect features. Even...
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    German Confederation Capital Kassel Common languages German Northern Hessian dialect Religion Protestant (Calvinist), Catholicism (minority) Government...
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  • lexical items should be pronounced with [eː] or with [ɛː]. E.g. South Hessian dialects have /eː/ in Käse but /ɛː/ in Leben. The use of [ɛː] is a spelling...
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    dialects. Hessisch or Hessian Pfälzisch-Lothringisch Pfälzisch or Palatine German Lothringisch or Lorraine Franconian Saarland (section Local dialect)...
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    refers to a mixture of soda water or lemonade and Apfelwein (in Central Hessian dialect, Ebblwoi), an alcoholic drink from fermented apple juice somewhat similar...
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    Mainz - 6 April 1838, Mainz) was a German poet, who wrote in the Hessian dialects. His father was a prosperous merchant. He attended the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium...
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  • continental West Germanic dialect continuum. As a technical term, the "high" in High German is a geographical reference to the group of dialects that forms "High...
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    Enough"), was released in October 2006. Schneider is best known for his Hessian dialect. "Aschebeschär" ("Aschenbecher" in Standard German, "ashtray" in English)...
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    and the end of September in the eastern area. "Dippe" is a regional Hessian dialect word meaning "pot" or "jar" which would not be understood in most other...
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    Franconian dialects are transitional dialects between Central- and Upper German. The East Franconian dialect branch is one of the most spoken dialect branches...
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    the term for menhir in the local Hessian dialect, after a menhir discovered in 1866 in Monsheim. Hinkel is a Hessian term for "chicken"; the Standard...
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  • Siegerländisch (category German dialects)
    of the Westerwaldkreis. It has strong lexical similarities to the Hessian dialects and to South Westphalian, which are spoken in surrounding regions....
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    Odenwald”) Der Bauer aus dem Odenwald (“The Farmer from the Odenwald”) Hessian dialects Historical territorial allegiances: Electorate of the Palatinate |...
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    Frankfurt. Merxheim is located on the border of Moselle Franconian dialects and Hessian dialects. Merxheim lies on the south bank of the Nahe between the gemstone...
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    of shoes and especially slippers (called Schlappe in the regional Hessian dialect) was a major financial backer of the club and helped propel[tone] it...
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