Low German
Americannoun
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the West Germanic languages not included in the High German group, as English, Dutch, Flemish, or Plattdeutsch. LG, L.G.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Low German
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
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Mr Holbrooks remembers when the Low German Mennonite group began immigrating to his hometown and nearby states in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
The Mennonites' native language is typically Plautdietsch, a unique blend of Low German, Prussian dialects and Dutch.
From Reuters ● May 19, 2022
She learned Low German by listening to his parents, his 11 siblings, and their spouses and children converse at Sunday faspas at my grandparents' farm.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2021
Their first language is Plautdietsch, or Low German, an archaic unwritten dialect that dates back to sixteenth-century Polish Prussia, where many of their ancestors settled after persecution drove them from home.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
It belongs, as might be anticipated from the northern origin of the Teutonic element in Britain, to the Low German division of the Teutonic branch of the Aryan family.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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