# Ripuarian

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌɹɪp.juˈɛə.ɹɪən/

## Definitions
1. A West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Ripuarius (perhaps from Latin ripa (“river bank”)) + -an.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ripuarian