Low Saxon

English

Proper noun

Low Saxon

1. A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark.

Usage notes

In English texts, including Wiktionary, "Low Saxon" is often used as a synonym for Low German. This can, however, be offensive to speakers of non-Low Saxon dialects of Low German, and Low German-speakers themselves differentiate strictly between Noordneddersassisch (the Low Saxon group of dialects) and Nedderdüütsch (the Low German language). The Low Saxon area classically only includes the northeastern Netherlands, Lower Saxony and most parts of Schleswig-Holstein.

Synonyms

• Low German
• Nethersaxon

Related terms

• Dutch Low Saxon (Nedderlandsch Neddersassisch, Nedderlandsch Neddersass'sch)
• East Low Saxon (Oostneddersassisch, Oostneddersass'sch)
• German Low Saxon (Düütsch Neddersassisch, Düütsch Neddersass'sch)
• Middle Low Saxon (Middelneddersassisch, Middelneddersass'sch)
• New Low Saxon (Neeneddersassisch, Neeneddersass'sch)
• Old Low Saxon (Ooltneddersassisch, Ooltneddersass'sch)
• West Low Saxon (Westneddersassisch, Westneddersass'sch)

Related terms

• Middle Saxon (Middle Low German)
• New Saxon (New Low German)
• Old Saxon (Old Low German)

Translations

language or language group

• Danish: nedersaksisk
• Dutch: Nedersaksisch (nl) n
• Finnish: alasaksa (fi), alasaksi
• French: bas saxon (fr) m
• German: Niedersächsisch (de), Westniederdeutsch n
• Greek: Χαμηλός Σάξονας (Chamilós Sáxonas)
• Icelandic: niðursaxneska
• Italian: basso Sassone m
• Low German: Neddersass'sch (nds) n, Neddersassisch n (Northern), Nedersaksisch (Western), Leegsaksisch (Groningen), Leegsaksisk / Nedersaksisk (East Frisia) Neersassies (Twente, Bentheim), Neddersassisk (Westphalia), Naddersassish / Naddasassisch (Mennonite Low German)

• Polish: dolnosaksoński
• Portuguese: baixo saxão (pt)
• Russian: нижнесаксо́нский (ru) m (nižnesaksónskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian: donjosaksonski
• Spanish: bajo sajón (es)
• Swedish: lågsachsiska
• Turkish: Aşağı Almanca (tr)
• Volapük: Dona-Saxänapük (vo)

See also

• German (High German, New High German)
• Low German (Nedderdüütsch, Nadderdietsch, Niederdeutsch; Plattdüütsch, Plattdietsch, Plattdeutsch, Plauttdietsch / Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German))
• Neddersassisch, Neddersass'sch
• West Low German (Westnedderdüütsch, Westniederdeutsch)
• East Low German (Oostnedderdüütsch, Ostniederhdeutsch)
• Middle High German (Mittelhochdeutsch)
• Old High German (Althochdeutsch)
• Standard German (Standarddeutsch)
• Middle German, Central German (Mitteldeutsch)
• Upper German (Oberdeutsch)
• Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Low Saxon, nds
• Plattmakers: Low Saxon dictionary with both English and German translations