Plautdietsch

See also: plautdietsch

English

Alternative forms

• Plautdiitsch

Etymology

From Plautdietsch Plautdietsch. Cognate to Dutch Low Saxon Platduuts and German Low German Plattdütsch, Plattdüütsch, as well as to High German Plattdeutsch (whence English Plattdeutsch).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaʊt.ditʃ/

Proper noun

Plautdietsch

1. Synonym of Mennonite Low German

Synonyms

• (variety): Mennonite Low German

Translations

variety — see also Mennonite Low German

• Dutch: Plautdietsch (nl)
• Finnish: plautdietsch (fi)
• French: plautdietsch (fr) m
• German: Plautdietsch (de) n
• Plautdietsch: mennonitisch Plautdietsch, Plautdietsch (nds), Plauttdietsch (nds)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Dictionary of over 18,000 words

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Plautdietsch Plautdietsch (literally “flat German”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Plautdietsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Plautdietsch or Plautdietschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Plautdietsche, alternative genitive Plautdietschen, no plural)

1. Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German

   Synonym: Mennonitenniederdeutsch/Mennoniten-Niederdeutsch (rare)

Plautdietsch

Alternative forms

• Plauttdietsch (uncommon; cp. German Low German Plattdütsch/Plattdüütsch, German Plattdeutsch)

Etymology

plaut +‎ dietsch. Compare German Low German Plattdütsch/Plattdüütsch, German Plattdeutsch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔut.ditʃ/, /plɔt.ditʃ/

Proper noun

Plautdietsch

1. (in general) Low Saxon, Low German
2. (often specifically) Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German

   Synonym: mennonitisch Plautdietsch

See also

• plautdietsch