Old Prussian

English

Alternative forms

• OPr., OPruss (abbreviation)

Adjective

Old Prussian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people

• Finnish: muinaispreussilainen
• German: altpreußisch (de)
• Latvian: prūšu m pl

• Polish: staropruski m
• Russian: прусский (ru) (prusskij)

Proper noun

Old Prussian

1. An extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the Old Prussians, the indigenous peoples of the historical region of Prussia (now north-eastern Poland, the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Lithuania).

Translations

the Old Prussian language

• Armenian: պրուսերեն (hy) (pruseren)
• Finnish: muinaispreussi (fi)
• French: vieux prussien (fr)
• German: Altpreußisch (de) n
• Latvian: prūšu valoda m

• Lithuanian: prūsų kalba f
• Russian: прусский (ru) (prusskij)
• Scots: Auld Proushie
• Swedish: preussiska (sv) c, fornpreussiska c, prusiska c
• Ukrainian: пруська мова (prusʹka mova)

Noun

Old Prussian (plural Old Prussians)

1. A member of the Baltic tribe that historically inhabited Prussia; a Baltic Prussian.

Translations

member of the Baltic tribe that inhabited Prussia

• German: Pruße (de) m, Prußin f
• Japanese: プルーセン (Purūsen)

• Latvian: prūsis m, prūse f

See also

• New Prussian
• Prussian
• Prussia
• Wikipedia article on Prussia
• Low Prussian

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Old Prussian, prg