Central German

Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch.

Central German (uncountable)

1. One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation of Proto-Germanic *-pp- and *-mp-.

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

• Middle German

• West Central German, West Middle German
• East Central German, East Middle German

• High German

• Upper German

Central German

1. (not comparable) of the Central German dialects