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
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
He wrote in Latin, whose word for snowflake is “nix,” which in Kepler’s Low German also meant “nothing.”
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2013
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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