adj
Meaning 1
in, of or relating to Low German
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Low German
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noun
Meaning 2
A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Plattdeutsch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: West Germanic, West Germanic language
Narrower terms: Old Saxon, Middle Low German
History
Etymology
See low (as in lowland) and German, because northern Germany (Low Germany), where it is spoken, is lower in elevation than southern Germany. See also High German in contrast.
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: ніжненяме́цкі (nižnjenjamjécki) — Translations
- Danish: nedertysk — Translations
- Dutch: Nederduits — Translations
- German: niederdeutsch — Translations
- Hungarian: alnémet — Translations
- Polish: dolnoniemiecki — Translations
- Russian: нижненеме́цкий (nižneneméckij) — Translations
- Swedish: lågtysk — Translations
- Ukrainian: нижньоніме́цький (nyžnʹonimécʹkyj) — Translations
- Armenian: ստորին գերմաներեն (storin germaneren) — West Germanic language
- Breton: alamaneg izel — West Germanic language
- Catalan: baix alemany — West Germanic language
- Chinese Mandarin: 低地德語 /低地德语 (dīdì Déyǔ) — West Germanic language
- Danish: nedertysk — West Germanic language
- Danish: plattysk — West Germanic language
- Danish: nedersaksisk — West Germanic language
- Dutch: Nedersaksisch — West Germanic language
- Dutch: Nederduits — West Germanic language
- Dutch: Platduits — West Germanic language
- Estonian: alamsaksa — West Germanic language
- Estonian: alamsaksa keel — West Germanic language
- Faroese: lágtýskt — West Germanic language
- Finnish: alasaksa — West Germanic language
- Finnish: alasaksi — West Germanic language
- French: bas saxon — West Germanic language
- West-Frisian: Nederdútsk — West Germanic language
- West-Frisian: Platdútsk — West Germanic language
- West-Frisian: Leechdútsk — West Germanic language
- Galician: baixo alemán — West Germanic language
- Georgian: ქვემოგერმანული (kvemogermanuli) — West Germanic language
- Georgian: ქვემოგერმანული ენა (kvemogermanuli ena) — West Germanic language
- German: Niederdeutsch n Niedersächsisch — West Germanic language
- German: Plattdeutsch — West Germanic language
- Hungarian: alnémet — West Germanic language
- Icelandic: lágþýska — West Germanic language
- Icelandic: niðursaxneska — West Germanic language
- Icelandic: plattþýska — West Germanic language
- Irish: Gearmáinis Íochtarach — West Germanic language
- Italian: basso sassone — West Germanic language
- Japanese: 低地ドイツ語 (teichi Doitsu-go) — West Germanic language
- Khmer: អាល្លឺម៉ង់ក្រោម (aalləɨmɑŋ kraom) — West Germanic language
- Low German: Plattdütsch — West Germanic language
- Low German: Plattdüütsch — West Germanic language
- Low German: Platdütsch — West Germanic language
- Low German: Nedderdüütsch — West Germanic language
- Low German: Neddersassisch — West Germanic language
- Münsterländisch: Plattdütsk (Plattdüütsk n) — West Germanic language
- Sauerländisch: Plattduitsk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Bokmål: lavtysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Bokmål: nedertysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Bokmål: plattysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Bokmål: platt-tysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Bokmål: nedersaksisk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lågtysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nedertysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: plattysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: platt-tysk — West Germanic language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nedersaksisk — West Germanic language
- Plautdietsch: Plautdietsch (nds) — West Germanic language
- Polish: język dolnoniemiecki — West Germanic language
- Portuguese: baixo alemão — West Germanic language
- Russian: нижненеме́цкий (nižneneméckij) — West Germanic language
- Serbo-Croatian: donjonjemački — West Germanic language
- Spanish: bajo sajón — West Germanic language
- Spanish: bajo alemán — West Germanic language
- Swedish: lågtyska — West Germanic language
- Swedish: plattyska — West Germanic language
- Swedish: nedersaksiska — West Germanic language
- Turkish: Aşağı Almanca — West Germanic language
- Ukrainian: нижньонімецька (nyžnʹonimécʹka) — West Germanic language
- Welsh: Isel Almaeneg — West Germanic language
- Dutch: Nederduits — West Germanic languages that are not High German
- French: bas allemand — West Germanic languages that are not High German
- German: Niederdeutsch — West Germanic languages that are not High German
- Italian: basso tedesco — West Germanic languages that are not High German
- Polish: dialekt dolnoniemiecki — West Germanic languages that are not High German
- Spanish: bajo alemán — West Germanic languages that are not High German