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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Still speaking Plautdietsch - a blend of Low German, Prussian dialects and Dutch - a few thousand moved to the forests of Campeche in the 1980s.
From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 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
She speaks softly in her native Low German - a dialect hundreds of years old.
From BBC ● May 15, 2019
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
Quentell’s Bibles in High and Low German are in curious contrast to all this work.
From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)
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