German vs Bavarian - What's the difference?
german | bavarian |
A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
A member of a Germanic tribe.
An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and a small part of Belgium.
Of or relating to the nation of Germany.
* 2001 , Donald L. Niewyk, The Jews in Weimar Germany (ISBN 0765806924), page 31:
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent.
Of, in or relating to the German language.
As proper nouns the difference between german and bavarian
is that german is a german, teuton while bavarian is a german dialect spoken in bavaria (a state of southern west germany) and austria, which varies considerably across different regions.As an adjective bavarian is
of or pertaining to bavaria.german
English
Alternative forms
* (abbreviation):Noun
(en noun)- Rome was sacked by Germans and the Western Roman Empire collapsed.
Synonyms
* (member of the German ethnic group) Teuton * (member of the German ethnic group) Boche, Fritz, Hun, Jerry, Kraut (qualifier)Hypernyms
* EuropeanProper noun
(en proper noun)- German has three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter.
Synonyms
* (language) High GermanSee also
* (de) * Language list *Adjective
(en adjective)- In Prussia, always the most progressive of the German states during the Weimar years and a stronghold of the two parties, Jews could be found in virtually all administrative departments .
- Her German husband has blond hair.
- We take German classes twice a week.
- Because the instructions were German , Yves couldn't read them.
Synonyms
* TeutonicStatistics
*External links
*Leo's German - English Dictionary]: from [http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/home_e.html Department of Informatics of Technische Universität München*