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LOW GERMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Low German mean?
• LOW GERMAN (noun)
The noun LOW GERMAN has 1 sense:
1. a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
Familiarity information: LOW GERMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A German dialect spoken in northern Germany
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Low German; Plattdeutsch
Hypernyms ("Low German" is a kind of...):
West Germanic; West Germanic language (a branch of the Germanic languages)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Low German"):
Old Saxon (Low German prior to 1200)
Middle Low German (Low German from 1100 to 1500)
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