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2 unusual facts about Central German


Central Germany

Central Germany (linguistics) is the region where the Central German dialects are spoken

Middle German

Central German (Mitteldeutsch), the general term for dialects in Central Germany - the northernmost High German dialects.


Low Lusatian German

Low Lusatian German (in German: Niederlausitzer Mundart (also English: Low Lusatian Dialect)) is a variety of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg within the regions of Lower Lusatia (Cottbus) and the northern part of Upper Lusatia (Hoyerswerda).


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High German consonant shift

Whereas some are found only in the southern parts of Alemannic (which includes Swiss German) or Bavarian (which includes Austrian), most are found throughout the Upper German area, and some spread on into the Central German dialects.

Silesian dialect

Silesian German, or Lower Silesian, a nearly extinct dialect of East Central German

Wilfried Paulsen

He shared 11th at Leipzig 1877 (3rd Central German Congress, Kongresse des Mitteldeutschen Schachbundes (MDSB), L. Paulsen won); tied for 5-6th at Frankfurt 1878 (12th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 10th at Leipzig 1879 (1st German DSB Congress, Kongresse des Deutschen Schachbundes (DSB), Berthold Englisch won); took 6th at Braunschweig 1880 (13th WDSB–Congress, L. Paulsen won); took 11th at Wiesbaden 1880 (Joseph Henry Blackburne, Englisch and Adolf Schwarz won).