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Plattdeutsch

American

[plaht-doich] / ˈplɑtˌdɔɪtʃ /

noun

the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.

Plattdeutsch British

/ ˈplatdɔytʃ /

noun

another name for Low German

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Etymology

Origin of Plattdeutsch

1825–35; < German: literally, flat (i.e., lowland) German

Example Sentences

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You can talk Plattdeutsch something grand, as long as you keep the verbs and nouns in American.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair

The scene of the story is laid in Stavenhagen, or Stemhagen as it is called in Plattdeutsch, Reuter's native town.

From In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life by Reuter, Fritz

Luitye is Plattdeutsch, or low German, the dialect, as I have already said, of this district.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

Ay, wife," the wood-cutter began, speaking in the Plattdeutsch used by the dwellers in the Forest, "'tis a wonderful story I have to tell.

From Little Frida A Tale of the Black Forest by Anonymous

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