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Low German

noun

Etymology

See low (as in lowland) and German, because northern Germany (Low Germany), where it is spoken, is lower in elevation than southern Germany. See also High German in contrast.

  1. derived from in contrast

Definitions

  1. A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of…

    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.

  2. in, of or relating to Low German

The neighborhood

  • antonymHigh Dutchantonym(s) of “West Germanic languages that are not High German”
  • antonymHigh Germanantonym(s) of “West Germanic languages that are not High German”

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No curated loop yet for Low German. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA