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East Franconian German

Index East Franconian German

East Franconian (Ostfränkisch), usually referred to as Franconian (Fränkisch) in German, is a dialect which is spoken in Franconia, the northern part of the federal state of Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Nuremberg, Bamberg, Coburg, Würzburg, Hof, Bayreuth, Meiningen, Bad Mergentheim, and Crailsheim. [1]

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Altbayern

Altbayern (also written Altbaiern, English: "Old Bavaria") is the territory and people of the three oldest parts of the Free State of Bavaria, which were earlier known as Kurbayern after the former Electorate of Bavaria.

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Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is a state in southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the border with France.

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Bavaria

Bavaria (Bavarian and Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner.

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Bergkirchweih

The Bergkirchweih is an annual Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair) in Erlangen, Germany.

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Bishopric of Würzburg

The Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire located in Lower Franconia west of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg.

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Central Franconian dialects

Central Franconian (mittelfränkische Dialekte, mittelfränkische Mundarten, Mittelfränkisch) refers to the following continuum of West Central German dialects.

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Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

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Dutch-language literature

Dutch-language literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers.

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Early New High German

Early New High German (ENHG) is a term for the period in the history of the German language, generally defined, following Wilhelm Scherer, as the period 1350 to 1650.

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East Central German

East Central German (Ostmitteldeutsche Dialekte) is the eastern, non-Franconian sub-group of Central German dialects, themselves part of High German.

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Eifeler Regel

The Eifeler Regel (meaning "Eifel Rule"; in Luxembourgish also spelled Äifler Regel) is a linguistic phenomenon originally documented in the dialects of the Eifel region in the far west of Germany during the late 19th century. The rule describes a phonological process in the languages which causes the deletion of final in certain contexts, and may be reflected in spelling. More generally called n-apocope, it appears to varying extents in all dialects of the Western group of High German, including West Central German (notably Luxembourgish, Colognian and Hessian), High Franconian and Alemannic; and excludes all dialects of the Eastern group, such as Austro-Bavarian and the colonial dialects east of the Elbe-Saale line (including Standard German and Yiddish). N-apocope is a linguistic change originating in speech during the Middle High German period.

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Erlangen

Erlangen (East Franconian: Erlang) is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany.

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Ezzolied

The Ezzolied, also known as the Cantilena de miraculis Christi (Song of the miracles of Christ) or the Anegenge (Beginning), is an early Middle High German poem written by Ezzo, a German scholar and priest of Bamberg.

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Fürth

Fürth (East Franconian: Färdd; פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (Regierungsbezirk) of Middle Franconia.

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Fichtel Mountains

The Fichtel Mountains (Fichtelgebirge, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany.

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Franconia

Franconia (Franken, also called Frankenland) is a region in Germany, characterised by its culture and language, and may be roughly associated with the areas in which the East Franconian dialect group, locally referred to as fränkisch, is spoken.

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Franconian

Franconian may refer to.

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Franconian languages

Franconian (Frankisch; Frankies; Fränkisch; Francique) includes a number of West Germanic languages and dialects possibly derived from the languages and dialects originally spoken by the Franks from their ethnogenesis in the 3rd century AD.

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Frankish language

Frankish (reconstructed Frankish: *italic), Old Franconian or Old Frankish was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between the 4th and 8th century.

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German dialects

German dialect is dominated by the geographical spread of the High German consonant shift, and the dialect continua that connect German to the neighbouring varieties of Low Franconian (Dutch) and Frisian.

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German humour

German humour refers collectively to the conventions of comedy and its cultural meaning within the country of Germany.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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German orthography

German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic.

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Hagebuttenmark

Hagebuttenmark is also called Hägenmark (Swabian dialect), Hiffenmark (East Franconian dialect) or Buttenmost (Switzerland), is the traditional name for a fruit preserve made from rose hips, sugar and sometimes red wine.

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Heilbronn-Franken

Heilbronn-Franken is a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Stuttgart subdivision (Regierungsbezirk).

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Heldenbuch

Heldenbücher (singular Heldenbuch "book of heroes") is the conventional title under which a group of manuscripts and prints of the 15th and 16th centuries has come down to us.

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Henry Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is an American statesman, political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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Herzogenaurach

Herzogenaurach (East Franconian: Herziaura) is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany.

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High Franconian German

High Franconian (oberfränkische Dialekte) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian.

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High German languages

The High German languages or High German dialects (hochdeutsche Mundarten) comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, as well as in neighboring portions of France (Alsace and northern Lorraine), Italy (South Tyrol), the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Poland (Upper Silesia).

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Hildebrandslied

The Hildebrandslied (Lay or Song of Hildebrand) is a heroic lay written in Old High German alliterative verse.

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Hohenlohisch dialect

Hohenlohisch is an East Franconian dialect spoken principally in north-eastern Baden-Württemberg in Germany, and which also overlaps dialects on the Bavarian border.

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House of Henneberg

Henneberg was a medieval German comital family (Grafen) which from the 11th century onwards held large territories in the Duchy of Franconia.

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ISO 639:v

|- !vaa | || ||I/L|| || ||Vaagri Booli|| || || || || |- !vae | || ||I/L|| || ||Vale|| || || || || |- !vaf | || ||I/L|| || ||Vafsi|| || || || || |- !vag | || ||I/L|| || ||Vagla|| || || || || |- !vah | || ||I/L|| || ||Varhadi-Nagpuri|| || || || || |- !vai | ||vai||I/L|| || ||Vai||vaï|| ||瓦伊语||ваи||Vai |- !vaj | || ||I/L|| || ||Vasekela Bushman|| || || || || |- !val | || ||I/L|| || ||Vehes|| || || || || |- !vam | || ||I/L|| || ||Vanimo|| || || || || |- !van | || ||I/L|| || ||Valman|| || || || || |- !vao | || ||I/L|| || ||Vao|| || || || || |- !vap | || ||I/L|| || ||Vaiphei|| ||vaiphei|| || || |- !var | || ||I/L|| || ||Huarijio|| || || || || |- !vas | || ||I/L|| || ||Vasavi|| || || || || |- !vau | || ||I/L|| || ||Vanuma|| || || || || |- !vav | || ||I/L|| || ||Varli|| || || || || |- !vay | || ||I/L|| || ||Wayu|| || || || || |- !vbb | || ||I/L|| || ||Babar, Southeast|| || || || ||Südost-Babar |- !vbk | || ||I/L|| || ||Southwestern Bontok|| || || || || |- !vec | || ||I/L|| ||veneto||Venetian||vénitien||véneto||威尼斯语||венецианский||Venedisch |- !ved | || ||I/L|| || ||Veddah|| || || || || |- !vel | || ||I/L|| || ||Veluws|| || || || || |- !vem | || ||I/L|| || ||Vemgo-Mabas|| || || || || |- !ven |ve||ven||I/L|| ||Tshivenḓa||Venda||venda||venda||文达语; 温达语||венда||Tshivenda |- !veo | || ||I/E|| || ||Ventureño|| || || || || |- !vep | || ||I/L|| ||vepsä||Veps||vepse||vepsio|| ||вепсский||Wepsisch |- !ver | || ||I/L|| || ||Mom Jango|| || || || || |- !vgr | || ||I/L|| || ||Vaghri|| || || || || |- !vgt | || ||I/L|| || ||Vlaamse Gebarentaal|| || || || || |- !vic | || ||I/L|| || ||Virgin Islands Creole English|| || ||维尔京群岛克里奥尔英语|| || |- !vid | || ||I/L|| || ||Vidunda|| || || || || |- !vie |vi||vie||I/L||Austroasiatic||tiếng Việt||Vietnamese||vietnamien||vietnamita||越南语; 京语||вьетнамский||Vietnamesisch |- !vif | || ||I/L|| || ||Vili|| || || || || |- !vig | || ||I/L|| || ||Viemo|| || || || || |- !vil | || ||I/L|| || ||Vilela|| || || || || |- !vin | || ||I/L|| || ||Vinza|| || || || || |- !vis | || ||I/L|| || ||Vishavan|| || || || || |- !vit | || ||I/L|| || ||Viti|| || || || || |- !viv | || ||I/L|| || ||Iduna|| || || || || |- !vka | || ||I/E|| || ||Kariyarra|| || || || || |- !vki | || ||I/L|| || ||Ija-Zuba|| || || || || |- !vkj | || ||I/L|| || ||Kujarge|| || || || || |- !vkk | || ||I/L|| || ||Kaur|| || || || || |- !vkl | || ||I/L|| || ||Kulisusu|| || || || || |- !vkm | || ||I/E|| || ||Kamakan|| || || || || |- !vko | || ||I/L|| || ||Kodeoha|| || || || || |- !vkp | || ||I/L|| || ||Korlai Creole Portuguese|| || || || || |- !vkt | || ||I/L|| || ||Malay, Tenggarong Kutai|| || || || || |- !vku | || ||I/L|| || ||Kurrama|| || || || || |- !(vky) | || || || || ||Kayu Agung|| || || || || |- !vlp | || ||I/L|| || ||Valpei|| || || || || |- !(vlr) | || ||I/L|| || ||Vatrata|| || || || || |- !vls | || ||I/L|| ||West-Vlams||West Flemish||flamand occidental||flamenco occidental||西佛蘭德語|| ||Westflämisch |- !vma | || ||I/L|| || ||Martuyhunira|| || || || || |- !vmb | || ||I/E|| || ||Mbabaram|| || || || || |- !vmc | || ||I/L|| || ||Mixtec, Juxtlahuaca|| || || || || |- !vmd | || ||I/L|| || ||Koraga, Mudu|| || || || || |- !vme | || ||I/L|| || ||Masela, East|| || || ||(вост.) масела||Ost-Masela |- !vmf | || ||I/L|| || ||Mainfränkisch|| || || || || |- !vmg | || ||I/L|| || ||Minigir|| || || || || |- !vmh | || ||I/L|| || ||Maraghei|| || || || || |- !vmi | || ||I/E|| || ||Miwa|| || || || || |- !vmj | || ||I/L|| || ||Mixtec, Ixtayutla|| || || || || |- !vmk | || ||I/L|| || ||Makhuwa-Shirima|| || || || || |- !vml | || ||I/E|| || ||Malgana|| || || || || |- !vmm | || ||I/L|| || ||Mixtec, Mitlatongo|| || || || || |- !(vmo) | || || || || ||Muko-Muko|| || || || || |- !vmp | || ||I/L|| || ||Mazatec, Soyaltepec|| || || || || |- !vmq | || ||I/L|| || ||Mixtec, Soyaltepec|| || || || || |- !vmr | || ||I/L|| || ||Marenje|| || || || || |- !vms | || ||I/E|| || ||Moksela|| || || || || |- !vmu | || ||I/E|| || ||Muluridyi|| || || || || |- !vmv | || ||I/E|| || ||Maidu, Valley|| || || || || |- !vmw | || ||I/L|| || ||Makhuwa|| || ||马库阿语|| || |- !vmx | || ||I/L|| || ||Mixtec, Tamazola|| || || || || |- !vmy | || ||I/L|| || ||Mazatec, Ayautla|| || || || || |- !vmz | || ||I/L|| || ||Mazatec, Mazatlán|| || || || || |- !vnk | || ||I/L|| || ||Vano|| || || || || |- !vnm | || ||I/L|| || ||Vinmavis|| || || || || |- !vnp | || ||I/L|| || ||Vunapu|| || || || || |- !vol |vo||vol||I/C|| ||volapük||Volapük||volapük||volapük||沃拉普克语||волапюк||Volapük |- !vor | || ||I/L|| ||Voro ||Voro|| || || || || |- !vot | ||vot||I/L|| ||vaďďa||Votic||vote||votio||沃提克语||водский||Wotisch |- !vra | || ||I/L|| || ||Vera'a|| || || || || |- !vro | || ||I/L|| ||võro||Võro || || ||佛罗语; 维鲁语|| ||Võro |- !vrs | || ||I/L|| || ||Varisi|| || || || ||Varisi |- !vrt | || ||I/L|| || ||Burmbar|| || || || || |- !vsi | || ||I/L|| || ||Moldova Sign Language|| || ||摩尔多瓦手语|| ||Moldavische Zeichensprache |- !vsl | || ||I/L|| || ||Venezuelan Sign Language|| || ||委内瑞拉手语|| ||Venezuelanische Zeichensprache |- !vsv | || ||I/L|| || ||Valencian Sign Language|| || ||瓦伦西亚手语|| || |- !vto | || ||I/L|| || ||Vitou|| || || || || |- !vum | || ||I/L|| || ||Vumbu|| || || || || |- !vun | || ||I/L|| || ||Vunjo|| || || || || |- !vut | || ||I/L|| || ||Vute|| || || || || |- !vwa | || ||I/L|| || ||Awa (China)|| || || || || | Category:ISO 639.

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Itzgründisch dialect

Itzgründisch is a Main Franconian dialect, which is spoken in the eponymous Itz Valley (German: Itzgrund) and its tributaries of Grümpen, Effelder, Röthen/Röden, Lauter, Füllbach and Rodach, the valleys of the Neubrunn, Biber and the upper Werra and in the valley of Steinach.

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Johann Rietsch

Johann Rietsch (1778 – January 10, 1814) was a German poet, writing in the East Franconian dialect of his native Nuremberg.

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Leiden Willeram

The Leiden Willeram or Egmond Willeram, is the name given to a manuscript containing an Old Dutch version of the Old High German commentary on Song of Solomon by the German abbot Williram of Ebersberg.

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List of Bavaria-related topics

This is a list of articles relating to Bavaria.

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List of endangered languages in Europe

An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers.

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List of Germanic languages

The Germanic languages include some 58 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects that originated in Europe; this language family is a part of the List of Indo-European languages Indo-European language family.

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List of Indo-European languages

The Indo-European languages include some 439 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken by about three billion people, including most of the major language families of Europe and western Asia, which belong to a single superfamily.

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Main-Franconian dialects

Main-Franconian (Mainfränkisch) is group of Upper German dialects being part of the East Franconian group.

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Meiningen

Meiningen is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany.

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Middle High German

Middle High German (abbreviated MHG, Mittelhochdeutsch, abbr. Mhd.) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages.

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Military history of Jewish Americans

Jewish Americans have served in the United States armed forces dating back to before the colonial era, when Jews had served in militias of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Monheim, Bavaria

Monheim is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Niklashausen

Niklashausen is a district in the German municipality of Werbach, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg at the border to Bavaria, Germany.

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No Woman, No Cry

"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers.

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Old High German

Old High German (OHG, Althochdeutsch, German abbr. Ahd.) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 700 to 1050.

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Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg

The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Principality of Ansbach

The Principality or Margraviate of (Brandenburg-)Ansbach (Fürstentum Ansbach or Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Ansbach) was a free imperial principality in the Holy Roman Empire centered on the Bavarian city of Ansbach.

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Rennsteig

The Rennsteig is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in Central Germany.

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Saxony

The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen; Swobodny stat Sakska) is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland (Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships) and the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Liberec, and Ústí nad Labem Regions).

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Silesian German

Silesian German (Silesian German: Schläsche Sproache or Schläs'sche Sproche, Schlesisch) or Lower Silesian is a nearly extinct German dialect spoken in Silesia.

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South Franconian German

South Franconian (Südfränkisch) is a High Franconian dialect which is spoken in the northernmost part of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, around Karlsruhe, Mosbach and Heilbronn.

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Southern Germany

Southern Germany as a region has no exact boundary but is generally taken to include the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken.

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Swabian-Franconian Forest

The Swabian-Franconian Forest (Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldberge, also Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald) is a mainly forested, deeply incised upland region, 1,187 km² in area and up to, in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg.

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Tauberbischofsheim

Tauberbischofsheim (East Franconian: Bischem) is a German town in the north-east of Baden-Württemberg on the river Tauber with a population of about 13,200.

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Upper German

Upper German (German) is a family of High German languages spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum).

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Vogtland

The Vogtland (Fojtsko) is a region reaching across the German free states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and into the Czech Republic (north-western Bohemia).

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Waldstein (mountain range)

The Waldstein is a mountain range in the northern part of the Fichtel Mountains in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, in southern Germany.

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Watten (card game)

Watten, regionally also called Watteln or Wattlung, is a card game that is mainly played in Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol.

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Würzburg

Würzburg (Main-Franconian: Wörtzburch) is a city in the region of Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany.

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West Central German

West Central German (Westmitteldeutsche Dialekte) belongs to the Central, High German dialect family in the German language.

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West Germanic languages

The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages).

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Wolfram von Eschenbach

Wolfram von Eschenbach (–) was a German knight and poet, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Franconian_German

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