Low Germany
English
editEtymology
editFrom its lower elevation than High Germany.
Proper noun
edit- (dated) Northern Germany, the low-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the North and Baltic seas.
- 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
- Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany : ... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
Usage notes
edit- Although the term is now little used, the term for the speech of the area, "Low German", is still common.
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editNorthern Germany
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