Alsatian Definition

ăl-sāshən
adjective
Of or relating to Alsace or to its inhabitants or culture.
American Heritage
Of Alsace or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World

Of or relating to Alsace.

Wiktionary
noun
A native or inhabitant of Alsace.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Alsace.
Webster's New World
A person of Alsatian ancestry.
American Heritage
The variety of German spoken in Alsace, France.
Webster's New World
A German shepherd.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

The language or dialect of Alsace.

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Other Word Forms of Alsatian

Noun

Singular:
Alsatian
Plural:
alsatians

Alsatian Sentence Examples

  • The Alsatian railways were reorganized and provided with a staff of German officials.

  • From the first moment Goethe set foot in the narrow streets of the Alsatian capital, in April 1770, the whole current of his thought seemed to change.

  • Another factor of importance in Goethe's Strassburg life was his love for Friederike Brion, the daughter of an Alsatian village pastor in Sesenheim.

  • Born in Ireland in 1833, she was educated in Paris, and in 1848 married a rich Alsatian named Solms; but the princepresident refused to recognize her, and in 1852 she was expelled from Paris.

  • He wrote a small book of memoirs of this campaign, Allemands et francais (1871), in which he spoke of the conquerors without bitterness; this attitude was all the more praiseworthy as his mother was an Alsatian, and he was unable to resign, himself to the loss of Alsace and Lorraine.

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Words Starting With

AALALS

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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