Low German

noun

1. the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. : LG, L.G. Compare High German ( def 1 ).
2. Plattdeutsch.

Low German

noun

1. a language of N Germany, spoken esp in rural areas: more closely related to Dutch than to standard High German Also calledPlattdeutsch LG See also German High German

Word History and Origins

Origin of Low German¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

We were less lucky: we had only Scandinavians, themselves decidedly artistic, and the Low-German lot.

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To England they were doubtless carried by the Low German invaders of the sixth century.

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Both must have been prior to the Low German population of Lochlan.

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The two Low German poems which probably form the basis of our epic may have been united about 1150.

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Before she was three years of age, she was taught Low German, a language almost foreign to her own.

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