obersorbisch
German, adjective[ˈoːbɐzɔʁbɪʃ]
obersorbisch is spelled O-B-E-R-S-O-R-B-I-S-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obersorbisch is a German adjective meaning “Upper Sorbian (related to Upper Lusitia, to its people or to the Upper Sorbian language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich auf den Oberlausitzer Teil der Sorben beziehend”.
What does obersorbisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Upper Sorbian (related to Upper Lusitia, to its people or to the Upper Sorbian language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die größere von zwei Standardsprachen der Sorben, gesprochen insbesondere in der Gegend der Städte Bautzen, Hoyerswerda und Kamenz in der Oberlausitz in Sachsen
adjective: 1. sich auf den Oberlausitzer Teil der Sorben beziehend 2. sich auf die slawische obersorbische Sprache beziehend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obersorbisch
- obersorbischer masculine nominative singular
- obersorbische feminine nominative singular
- obersorbisches neuter nominative singular
- obersorbischen genitive masculine singular
- obersorbischem dative masculine singular
- der obersorbische definite includes-article masculine
- die obersorbische definite feminine includes-article
- das obersorbische definite includes-article neuter
- die obersorbischen definite includes-article nominative
- des obersorbischen definite genitive includes-article
- der obersorbischen definite feminine genitive
- dem obersorbischen dative definite includes-article
- den obersorbischen dative definite includes-article
- hsb abbreviation
- (das) Obersorbisch nominative singular
- das Obersorbische nominative singular
- (des) Obersorbisch genitive singular
- (des) Obersorbischs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obersorbisch?
- [ˈoːbɐzɔʁbɪʃ]
- [ˈoːbɐzɔʁbɪʃə]
- [ˈoːbɐˌzɔʁbɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obersorbisch in German?
obersorbisch appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).