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Low German
noun
- 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 ).
Low German
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Low German1
First recorded in 1835–45
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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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