Low German

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Low German

Alternative formsEdit

Low-German

EtymologyEdit

Because northern Germany (Low Germany), where it is spoken, is lower in elevation than southern Germany.

NounEdit

Low German (uncountable)

A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.
(linguistics) Any of a number of West Germanic languages, primarily spoken in northern Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, that did not undergo the High German consonant shift; the group thereof.
(nonstandard) Any of many German dialects that are not the official standard although they are usually referred to only as "Platt".

SynonymsEdit

(West Germanic language, descended from Old Saxon): Plattdeutsch, Low Saxon, Nether-Saxon; New Low German, New Low Saxon, New Saxon (as opposed to Middle Low German or Middle Saxon and Old Low German or Old Saxon)

AntonymsEdit

(West Germanic languages that are not High German): High Dutch, High German (includes numerous Upper German and Middle German/Central German dialects from which standard High German mainly developed)

HyponymsEdit

(West Germanic language, descended from Old Saxon): Dutch Low Saxon (variety or varieties in the Netherlands); East Frisian, Mecklenburgish, Low Prussian; Mennonite Low German, Plautdietsch (variety spoken in America etc.)
(West Germanic languages that are not High German): Low Saxon, Low Franconian

Derived termsEdit

East Low German (German: Ostniederdeutsch)
West Low German (German: Westniederdeutsch)

DescendantsEdit

→ German: American Low German

TranslationsEdit

West Germanic language

Armenian: ստորին գերմաներեն (storin germaneren)
Breton: alamaneg izel m
Catalan: baix alemany (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 低地德語, 低地德语 (dīdì Déyǔ)
Danish: nedertysk n, plattysk (da) n, nedersaksisk n
Dutch: Nedersaksisch (nl) n, Nederduits (nl) n (in a stricter sense), Platduits n
Estonian: alamsaksa, alamsaksa keel
Faroese: lágtýskt (fo) n
Finnish: alasaksa (fi), alasaksi (fi)
French: bas allemand (fr) m
Galician: baixo alemán m
Georgian: ქვემოგერმანული (kvemogermanuli), ქვემოგერმანული ენა (kvemogermanuli ena)
German: Niederdeutsch (de) n (in a stricter sense), Niedersächsisch (de) n, Plattdeutsch (de) n
Hungarian: alnémet (hu)
Icelandic: lágþýska (is) f, niðursaxneska f, plattþýska f
Irish: Gearmáinis Íochtarach f
Japanese: 低地ドイツ語 (ja) (teichi Doitsu-go)
Khmer: អាល្លឺម៉ង់ក្រោម (aalləɨmɑŋ kraom)

Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Platduuts (nds), Nedersaksies (nds), Nedersaksisch (nds)

German Low German: Plattdütsch (nds) n, Plattdüütsch (nds) n, Platdütsch n (Netherlands), Nedderdüütsch (nds) n, Neddersassisch n
Low Prussian (Niederpreußisch): Plattdietsch (nds) n

Westphalian (Westfälisch):
Münsterländisch: Plattdütsk n

Sauerländisch: Plattduitsk (nds) n

Eastphalian (Ostfälisch): Plattduitsch n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lavtysk m, nedertysk (no) m, plattysk m, platt-tysk m, nedersaksisk m

Nynorsk: lågtysk m, nedertysk m, plattysk m, platt-tysk m, nedersaksisk m
Plautdietsch: Plautdietsch (nds) (often refers specifically to the Mennonite Low German variety)
Polish: dolnoniemiecki (pl) m
Portuguese: baixo alemão m
Russian: нижненеме́цкий (ru) m (nižneneméckij) (язы́к)
Saterland Frisian: Läichdüütsk
Scots: Law German
Serbo-Croatian: donjonjemački
Spanish: bajo alemán (es) m
Swedish: lågtyska (sv) c, plattyska (sv) c, nedersaksiska c
Turkish: Aşağı Almanca (tr)
Welsh: Isel Almaeneg f
West Frisian: Nederdútsk n, Platdútsk n

West Germanic languages that are not High German

Dutch: Nederduits (nl) n

German: Niederdeutsch (de) n

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

angleworm, lawmonger

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