# Pomeranian
## English
### Etymology

From Pomerania +‎ -an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪniən/, /ˌpɒməˈɹeɪnjən/
* Rhymes: -eɪniən

### Adjective

Pomeranian (comparative more Pomeranian, superlative most Pomeranian)
* Of, from or relating to Pomerania, a historical region split between the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg and the Pomeranian Voivodeship, the West Pomeranian Voivodeship and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
* Of or relating to Pomerania.
** Alexandra Jacob, American Pommersch – Pommern im linguistischen Erbe Wisconsins, in: 2008, Josef Raab, Jan Wirrer (eds.), Die deutsche Präsenz in den USA / The German Presence in the U.S.A., p. 627ff., here p. 627
    In my 2002 research project I focused on the documentation of the Pomeranian Low German as spoken in the state of Wisconsin.
** Antje Petty, Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools, in: 2013, Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, Joseph Salmons (eds.), Wisconsin Talk: Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 37ff., here p. 49:
    This was expressed by a Pomeranian Low German speaker born in 1903 in Hamburg, Marathon County: [...]
** Stephen Benson, The soul music of "The Juniper Tree", in: 2015, Maria Tatar (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales, Cambridge University Press, p. 166ff., here p. 173:
    Runge's version, published by Arnim in 1808, is in Pomeranian (low German) dialect, and [...]

#### Derived terms

* East Pomeranian
* Pomeranian Voivodeship
* West Pomeranian Voivodeship

#### Translations
### Noun

Pomeranian (plural Pomeranians)
* A native or inhabitant of Pomerania.
* A breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.
    Synonyms: Pomeranian spitz, Zwergspitz

#### Translations
### Proper noun

Pomeranian
* Pomeranian Low German.
** P. Rosenberg, Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln), in: 2005, Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, Paul Kerswill (eds.), Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, p. 221ff., here p. 228:
    Among their dialects the Rhine Franconian and Moselle-Franconian varieties prevailed, but other dialects were present as well, such as Upper German Swabian, Low German Westphalian, Pomeranian, and the Mennonite varieties, and even Volga German.
** 2011, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1995), p. 238, inside the section German:
    [...] the language of everyday use is characterized by a wide panorama of local dialectal variation, ranging from Low German dialects in the north (e.g. Low Saxon, Westphalian, Pomeranian), through Central German dialects (e.g. Hessian, Thuringian, Silesian) to the High German dialects of the south (e.g. Bavarian, High Alemannic, Alsatian and Franconian) [...]
** 2019, Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today 248), p. 6:
    A second important isogloss that separates Pomeranian from the other Low German variants, [...] These strong morphemes are absent in the North Sea Germanic area, as well as in Pomeranian.
* The Kashubian language.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* praenomina