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Plautdietsch ( pronounced [ˈplaʊt.ditʃ]) or Mennonite Low German is a Low Prussian dialect of East Low German with Dutch influence that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia. [3] [4] The word Plautdietsch translates to "flat (or low) German" (referring to the plains of northern Germany or the ...
The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from High Alemannic is the retention of Germanic /k/, for instance kalt 'cold' vs. High Alemannic chalt. The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian is the retention of the Middle High German monophthongs , for instance Huus 'house' vs. Swabian Hous or Ziit 'time' vs. Swabian Zejt .
High German. The High German languages ( German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects ), or simply High German ( Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard High German which is commonly also called "High German" – comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southern ...
The Rischmannshof Heath Museum, a thatched Low German house with a hipped gable roof and carved horse's heads atop the gable. The Low German house [1] or Fachhallenhaus is a type of timber-framed farmhouse found in northern Germany and the easternmost Netherlands, which combines living quarters, byre and barn under one roof.
Old Saxon ( German: altsächsische Sprache ), also known as Old Low German ( German: altniederdeutsche Sprache ), was a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German (spoken nowadays in Northern Germany, the northeastern Netherlands, southern Denmark, the Americas and parts of Eastern Europe ).
East Low German is the three dialects in the east (8 Mecklenburgish, 9 North Markish or North Brandenburgish, 10 Middle Markish or Middle Brandenburgish) East Low German ( German: ostniederdeutsche Dialekte, ostniederdeutsche Mundarten, Ostniederdeutsch) is a variant of Low German dialects spoken in north-eastern Germany and northern Poland .
Low German or Low Saxon ( German: Plattdeutsch, or Platt) is one of the Germanic languages. It is still spoken by many people in northern Germany and the northeast part of the Netherlands. Low German is closer to the English and Dutch languages than High German (Hochdeutsch) is.
