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Meaning of "Old Prussian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLD PRUSSIAN

Old Prussian play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLD PRUSSIAN

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Old Prussian is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OLD PRUSSIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Old Prussian

Old Prussian language

Old Prussian is an extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the Old Prussians, the indigenous peoples of Prussia, now northeastern Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. The language is called Old Prussian to avoid confusion with the German dialects Low Prussian and High Prussian, and the adjective Prussian, which is also often used to relate to the later German state. Old Prussian began to be written down in the Latin alphabet in about the 13th century. A small amount of literature in the language survives.

Definition of Old Prussian in the English dictionary

The definition of Old Prussian in the dictionary is the former language of the non-German Prussians, belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family: extinct by 1700.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLD PRUSSIAN

Old Nick
Old Norse
Old North French
Old Northwest
old one
old people´s home
Old Persian
Old Pretender
Old Red Sandstone
old rose
Old Saxon
old school
old school tie
old skool
Old Slavic
Old Slavonic
old sod
old soldier
Old South

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLD PRUSSIAN

Asian
Belarussian
Belorussian
Byelorussian
Circassian
Colossian
East Prussian
Gaussian
Great Russian
Halicarnassian
hessian
Little Russian
Molossian
Ossian
Panglossian
Parnassian
Prussian
Russian
Senussian
thalassian
White Russian

Synonyms and antonyms of Old Prussian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Old Prussian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLD PRUSSIAN

Find out the translation of Old Prussian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Old Prussian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Old Prussian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旧普鲁士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prusiano antiguo
570 millions of speakers

English

Old Prussian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुराने प्रशिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قديم البروسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Старый прусский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Old Prussian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওল্ড প্রুশিয়ান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vieux prussien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prusia lama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alten preußischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

旧プロイセン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

옛 프러시아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prusia Prusia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Phổ cũ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழைய ப்ரஷியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओल्ड प्रुशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eski Prusya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Vecchio prussiano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stary pruski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Старий прусський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vechi prusac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παλιά Πρώσος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Oudpruisisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gammal preussisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gammel prøyssiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Old Prussian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLD PRUSSIAN»

The term «Old Prussian» is normally little used and occupies the 125.392 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLD PRUSSIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Old Prussian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD PRUSSIAN»

Discover the use of Old Prussian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Old Prussian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies in Old Prussian: A Critical Review of the Relevant ...
As a result, this volume has a unique value to students of Old Prussian. Of great importance is the inclusion of a critical analysis of the newly discovered Basel epigram and the new version of Simon Grunau's vocabulary.
William R. Schmalstieg, 1976
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Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In Honor of ...
ON THE SUBJECT OF OLD PRUSSIAN ESTATE NAMES GRASILDA BLAZIENE Vilnius Pedagogical University The corpus of Old Prussian proper names has been analyzed since the end of the 18th century (Hennig 1794:611-634; Pierson  ...
Philip Baldi, Pietro U. Dini, 2004
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The New International Encyclopædia
The Old Prussian fragments consist of translations of two catcchisms, printed in 1545, and of the Short Catechism of Luther H561). There are also two Old Prussian-German Vocabularies, that of Elbing, compiled in the first half of the fifteenth ...
‎1911
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Dictionnaires:
One of the first monuments of Old Prussian, forming a part of the Codex Neuman- nianus, is the Elbing vocabulary, the original of which dates from around 1300. This is an 802-word Ordensdeutsch (= East Middle German mixed with Upper ...
Franz Josef Hausmann, 1990
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Jena to Eylan: The Disgrace and the Redemption of the ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Colmar Goltz, 2009
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Prussian Light Infantry 1792-1815
2) Fusilier Musket, 1796 Modification 3) 'Old' Prussian Rifles, various types, including 1 796 Pattern 4) 'New' Corps Rifle, 1810 Pattern 5) Schuetzen Rifle, 1787 Pattern 6) Various privately manufactured rifled and smoothbore hunting guns ...
Peter Hofschröer, 1984
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The New international encyclopaedia
The climate is remarkably mild and equable. There are two large hotels, and the resort is frequented in both summer and winter. A considerable quantity of fish and ovsterB and vegetables is shipped from here. OLD PRUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams, 1918
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Baltica & Balto-Slavica
Gothic gen.pl. -e 125 Baltic e- and z7/a-stems 129 Old Prussian -snd, Lithuanian -sena, Latvian -sana 137 Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns in Balto-Slavic, Armenian, and Tocharian 139 Tokie salti rytai 147 Verbs Toward a reconstruction of ...
Frederik Herman Henri Kortlandt, 2009
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Masters and Lords : Mid-19th-Century U.S. Planters and ...
Here, wrote Gerhard Ritter in 1913, "were the political and social class interests of the old Prussian aristocracy dogmatized into a consistent system,"75 that is, into Old Prussian ideology. The Wilhelmstrasse Club comprised mainly ...
Shearer Davis Bowman Assistant Professor of History University of Texas at Austin, 1993
10
An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages
Old Prussian is the name given to the language spoken by Baits in certain coastal regions of the Baltic Sea. The Prussians are first mentioned in the first century A.d. by the Roman historian Tacitus, who called them Aistians. They are called ...
Philip Baldi, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD PRUSSIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Old Prussian is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Naming the Theories in Use
Despite many theories of development, 200 year old Prussian theories of management still apply to the basic organization of schools with age ... «Education Week, Jul 15»
2
Amid Kremlin-NATO tensions, what mood in Russia's European …
Now a trickle of tourists come each year, mainly Germans who want to visit ancient cemeteries, admire the old Prussian architecture – a good ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
3
Meritage Resort and Spa's 2015 Winemaker Dinner Series Line-Up
Founded in 1861 by Charles Krug, the 27-year old Prussian immigrant came to America with little besides willpower and a willingness to work ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
4
Greece debt crisis: France presses to keep Greece in eurozone
A picture of Angela Merkel wearing an old Prussian military helmet dominates the front cover of Bild. "Today," the headline reads "we need the ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
5
France pushes for Greek bailout deal
A picture of Angela Merkel wearing an old Prussian military helmet dominates the front cover of Bild. "Today," the headline reads "we need the ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
6
What Is Topology?
The Old Prussian town of Königsberg once had seven bridges, and its people wondered if it was possible to walk a path that only crossed each ... «Live Science, Jun 15»
7
Oppose enforced political conformism at Humboldt University
... their actions, the authorities, when confronted with criticism, almost instinctively revert to the old Prussian view that democratic freedoms are ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
8
Exploring a sliver of the real Lithuania on the Curonian Spit
... Lithuanian and Old Prussian roots. It was easy to spot in the architecture, the statues and the weather vanes on many homes, detailed wood ... «SFGate, Apr 15»
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Ian Clayton column - faith, hope and charity shops
... as a lad I was obsessed with the three main characters of that battle - Wellington, Napoleon Bonaparte and the old Prussian warrior, Blucher. «Pontefract and Castleford Express, Apr 15»
10
4 Ways Technology Can Help Empower Teachers And Students
Two hundred years later, there have been improvements, but mainstream schools still rely on this centuries-old Prussian architecture, despite ... «Co.Exist, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Old Prussian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/old-prussian>. Apr 2024 ».
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