Sorbianize

English Alternative forms en sorbianize US en Sorbianise sorbianise UK Etymology From en Sorbian -ize. Pronunciation en /ˈsɔːɹbiənaɪz/ US Verb en transitive to give a Sorbian character to en transitive to give an Upper Sorbian character to en Tomasz Kamusella The Politics of Language and Nationalism in Modern Central Europe 2008 Springer 0230583474 306 The 1948–1952 linguistic reforms secured the unification of Upper Sorbian and encouraged the use of this variety at the expense of increasingly neglected Lower Sorbian, which also became Upper Sorbianized much to the dislike of Lower Sorbian-speakers. en transitive to give a Lower Sorbian character to en intransitive to adopt Sorbian customs or culture en intransitive to adopt Upper Sorbian customs or culture en intransitive to adopt Lower Sorbian customs or culture Related terms en nouns Sorbianization Translations to give a Sorbian character to Czech: cs sorabizovat German: de sorabisieren Polish: pl sorbianizować impf, pl zsorbianizować pf Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb sorabizěrowaś impf, dsb zsorabizěrowaś pf Upper Sorbian: hsb sorabizować impf, hsb přeserbšćeć impf, hsb přeserbšćować impf, hsb přeserbšćić pf en Germany Sorbian