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Low German — Low Saxon Spoken in Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, United States, Canada Native speakers ≈5 million (date missing) Language fam … Wikipedia
Low German — Low Low (l[=o]), a. [Compar. {Lower} (l[=o] [ e]r); superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw. l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [1913 Webster] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Low German — German Ger man, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. [1913 Webster] 2. The German language. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Low German — German Ger man, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. [1913 Webster] 2. The German language. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Low German — n. [calque of Ger niederdeutsch (see NETHER & DEUTSCHLAND): so named because orig. spoken chiefly in the Ger lowlands] 1. PLATTDEUTSCH 2. the West Germanic languages, except for High German, of the Germanic branch of Indo European, represented by … English World dictionary
Low German — noun a German dialect spoken in northern Germany • Syn: ↑Plattdeutsch • Hypernyms: ↑West Germanic, ↑West Germanic language • Hyponyms: ↑Old Saxon, ↑Middle Low German … Useful english dictionary
Low German (disambiguation) — Low German may refer to: *Low German, a group of dialects spoken mainly in Northern Germany and in Northeastern Netherlands. *A postulated language group consisting of Low German (as in the previous list item) and Low Franconian. That group goes… … Wikipedia
Low German — Low′ Ger′man n. peo the West Germanic dialects of N Germany, forming with Dutch a single dialect complex Abbr.: LG • Etymology: 1835–45 … From formal English to slang
Low German house — Dat groode Hus, a 1795 Low German house at the Winsen Museum Farm … Wikipedia
Low German — noun Date: 1838 1. the German dialects of northern Germany especially as used since the end of the medieval period ; Plattdeutsch 2. the West Germanic languages other than High German … New Collegiate Dictionary
