"Wenker sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Wenker sentences [plural]
Etymology: Developed by Georg Wenker. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Wenker sentence (plural Wenker sentences)
  1. (linguistics) Any of 40 sample sentences, written in Standard German, used to map spoken dialects of the German language. Wikipedia link: Georg Wenker Categories (topical): Forty, Linguistics Translations (any of 40 sample sentences developed as an effort to map spoken dialects of the German language): Wenkersatz [masculine] (German)

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