A Baltic language, related to Lithuanian, spoken in Prussia until the 17th century.
古普鲁士语(一种与立陶宛语相关的波罗的语,17世纪前普鲁士使用的口语)
Example sentencesExamples
The tune to which the words are set is rather more interesting, being the Old Prussian March.
The Lithuanian language - a part of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family - is closely related to Latvian and the now-extinct language known as Old Prussian.
His Ivory Tower was conservative and his self-image was Old Prussian - the Prussia of Kant and Frederick the Great, of truthfulness, honour and selfless service, irreconcilable with national socialism.
Definition of Old Prussian in US English:
Old Prussian
noun
A Baltic language, related to Lithuanian, spoken in Prussia until the 17th century.
古普鲁士语(一种与立陶宛语相关的波罗的语,17世纪前普鲁士使用的口语)
Example sentencesExamples
His Ivory Tower was conservative and his self-image was Old Prussian - the Prussia of Kant and Frederick the Great, of truthfulness, honour and selfless service, irreconcilable with national socialism.
The Lithuanian language - a part of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family - is closely related to Latvian and the now-extinct language known as Old Prussian.
The tune to which the words are set is rather more interesting, being the Old Prussian March.