Category:Low German terms by usage
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Low German terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.
- Category:Low German colloquialisms: Low German terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
- Category:Low German dated terms: Low German terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
- Category:Low German formal terms: Low German terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
- Category:Low German nonstandard terms: Low German terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
- Category:Low German slang: Low German colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
- Category:Low German terms with archaic senses: Low German terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
- Category:Low German terms with obsolete senses: Low German terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
- Category:Low German terms with rare senses: Low German rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
- Category:Low German terms with uncommon senses: Low German uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.
- Category:Low German vulgarities: Low German terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.
Subcategories
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
C
- Low German colloquialisms (0 c, 5 e)
D
- Low German dated terms (0 c, 2 e)
F
- Low German formal terms (0 c, 3 e)
N
- Low German nonstandard terms (0 c, 1 e)
S
- Low German slang (0 c, 2 e)
T
- Low German terms with archaic senses (0 c, 1 e)
- Low German terms with obsolete senses (0 c, 3 e)
- Low German terms with rare senses (0 c, 5 e)
- Low German terms with uncommon senses (0 c, 2 e)
V
- Low German vulgarities (0 c, 2 e)