Upper Saxon

E260719

Upper Saxon is a Central German dialect spoken primarily in the German state of Saxony and surrounding areas, often associated with the regional speech of cities like Dresden and Leipzig.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Upper Saxon German 3
Upper Saxon canonical 1
Upper Saxon dialect continuum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central German dialect ⓘ
German dialect ⓘ
High German variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Silesian German ⓘ
Thuringian dialect ⓘ
contrastWith Standard German pronunciation ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
endangeredStatus declining use among younger speakers ⓘ
hasDialect Dresden dialect ⓘ
Erzgebirgisch-influenced varieties ⓘ
Leipzig dialect ⓘ
Meissen dialect ⓘ
hasFeature distinct intonation patterns compared to Standard German ⓘ
lenition of plosives in some positions ⓘ
monophthongization of Standard German diphthongs ⓘ
reduction of unstressed syllables ⓘ
regional lexical items not used in Standard German ⓘ
vowel shifts characteristic of Central German ⓘ
historicalRegion Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
influencedBy Slavic substrate ⓘ
Standard German ⓘ
Upper German dialects ⓘ
isNot Alemannic German ⓘ
Low German dialect ⓘ
ISO639Status no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
linguisticArea Central German dialect area ⓘ
notableStereotype perceived as soft-sounding accent in German media ⓘ
partOf German language continuum ⓘ
primaryRegion Free State of Saxony ⓘ
linked to: Saxony
spokenIn Saxony ⓘ
eastern Thuringia ⓘ
linked to: Thuringia

parts of Brandenburg ⓘ
southern Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
spokenInCity Chemnitz ⓘ
Dresden ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Meissen ⓘ
Plauen ⓘ
Zwickau ⓘ
standardBasedOn Standard German orthography ⓘ
subclassOf Central East Central German ⓘ
linked to: Thuringian dialect
usedAs marker of regional identity in Saxony ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central German languages → hasPart → Upper Saxon ⓘ
Central Germany → hasDialect → Upper Saxon German ⓘ
linked to: Upper Saxon
Riesa → regionalLanguage → Upper Saxon German ⓘ
linked to: Upper Saxon
Meissen dialect → subclassOf → Upper Saxon German ⓘ
linked to: Upper Saxon
Meissen dialect → partOf → Upper Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Upper Saxon
Dresden dialect → partOf → Upper Saxon dialect group ⓘ
linked to: Upper Saxon