# Oberfränkisch

Oberfränkisch is a German proper name meaning “Upper Franconian”.

## In other languages

- Русский: верхнефранкский язык

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ Upper Franconian, High Franconian, High Franconian German (Consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian, the former dialect is spoken around Meiningen, Bamberg, Erlangen, Fürth, Nuremberg and Würzburg, while the latter one is spoken in Germany around Karlsruhe and Heilbronn as well as in a small area around Lauterbourg in the north-eastern corner of Alsace, France.)
2. _colloquial · no plural_ An East Franconian dialect spoken in Upper Franconia.

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