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Meaning of Ripuarian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌɹɪp.juˈɛə.ɹɪən

Definitions

  1. A West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects
  2. Any of the Ripuarian tribal section of the Frank people (comprising several tribes), who after some migration inhabited this region, as opposed to the Salian branch.
    historical

Equivalents

Català fràncic ripuari ripuari
Deutsch Nordmittelfränkisch Ripuarisch Ripuarisch-Fränkisch
Français Franc ripuaire francique ripuaire
Italiano ripuario
Nederlands Ripuariër Ripuarisch
Português ripuário
Русский рипуа́рский язы́к

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

RIQ riq'a riqq Riquelme RIR RiRi

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