Low Alemannic German ( German : Niederalemannisch ) is a branch of Alemannic German , which is part of Upper German . Its varieties are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic speakers.
5-559: Hüfingen ( Low Alemannic : Hifinge ) is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar , in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is situated on the river Breg , 4 km south of the source of the Danube . Hüfingen has the historical distinction of once marking the boundary of the Roman empire. In the first century of the common era, imperial policy settled on using the natural boundaries formed by
10-548: Is situated at around 750 meters above sea level on the Baar plateau on the eastern edge of the southern Black Forest in the valley of Breg , about four kilometers south of Donaueschingen . To the north of the town is Donaueschingen , to the east is the town Geisingen in the district of Tuttlingen , to the south the town borders on Blumberg , and to the west is the town of Bräunlingen . Low Alemannic German The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from High Alemannic
15-557: Is the retention of Germanic /k/, for instance kalt 'cold' vs. High Alemannic chalt . The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian is the retention of the Middle High German monophthongs , for instance Huus 'house' vs. Swabian Hous or Ziit 'time' vs. Swabian Zejt . (All of the below is specific to the dialects spoken near Freiburg im Breisgau) Vowels: Consonants: Are as in Standard German, with
20-566: The Danube and the Rhine rivers. Because of its proximity to the source of the Danube in nearby Donaueschingen , Hüfingen was the site of a Roman fort, Brigobanne, built to implement this policy. The legions built a road to Hüfingen from what is now Schleitheim , on the upper Rhine in Switzerland , thus connecting the two rivers with a man-made line on the landscape, defining a continuous border. The city
25-1334: The following notes: Definite Article Indefinite Article Plurals Diminutives Weak Declension Strong Declension Comparative Superlative Irregular Personal Pronouns 1. Infinitive Infinitive ends in -e 2. Participle 2.1 Prefix 2.2 Suffix 2.3 Types 2.3.1 Infinitive and Present Sg y/èi/ai - Participle i 2.3.1.1 y > i (e.g. abwyyse > abgwiise) 2.3.1.2 èi > i (e.g. verzèie > verziie) 2.3.1.3 ai > i (e.g. schaide > gschiide) 2.3.2 Infinitive and Present Sg ie/u/au/èi/i - Participle o/öu/öe 2.3.2.1 ie > o (e.g. biede > bode) 2.3.2.2 u > o (e.g. sufe > gsofe) 2.3.2.3 au > o (e.g. laufe > glofe) 2.3.2.4 èi > öu (e.g. rèie > gröue) 2.3.2.5 ie > öe (e.g. riefe > gröefe) 2.3.2.5 i > o (e.g. wiige > gwooge) 2.3.3 Infinitive and Present Sg i - Participle ù 2.3.3.1 i > u (e.g. binde > bùnde) 2.3.4 Infinitive ä/e - Present i - Participle o/u 2.3.4.1 ä - i - o (e.g. bräche > broche) 2.3.4.2 ä - i - u (e.g. hälfe > ghùlfe) 2.3.4.3 e/è - i - o (e.g. verdèèrbe > verdoorbe) 2.3.4.4 e - i - ù (e.g. schmelze > gschmùlze) 2.3.5 Infinitive ä/i - Present i - Participle ä 2.3.5.1 ä - i - ä (e.g. äse > gäse) 2.3.5.2 i - i - ä (e.g. bide > bäde) 2.3.6 Infinitive Vowel
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