Low Saxon

English

Proper noun

Low Saxon

1. Synonym of Low German (West Germanic language)
   • Synonyms: Low German, Nether-Saxon, Plattdeutsch
2. 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 the Low Saxon group of dialects and the Low German language. The Low Saxon area classically only includes the northeastern Netherlands, Lower Saxony and most parts of Schleswig-Holstein.

Related terms

• Dutch Low Saxon
• East Low Saxon
• German Low Saxon
• Middle Low Saxon
• New Low Saxon
• Old Low Saxon
• West Low Saxon

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

Translations

language — see Low German

language or language group

• Danish: nedersaksisk
• Dutch: Nedersaksisch (nl) n
• French: bas saxon (fr) m
• German: Niedersächsisch (de)
• Greek: Χαμηλός Σάξονας (Chamilós Sáxonas)
• Icelandic: niðursaxneska
• Italian: basso Sassone m
• Low German: Neddersass'sch (nds) n, Neddersassisch n (Northern), Nedersaksisk (East Frisia), Nedersaksisch (Western), Leegsaksisch (Groningen) Neersassies (Twente, Bentheim)

  Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German): Naddersassish / Naddasassisch

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

language group

• German: Westniederdeutsch n

See also

• German
• High German, High Dutch
  • New High German (Neuhochdeutsch)
  • Middle High German (Mittelhochdeutsch)
  • Old High German, Old High Dutch (Althochdeutsch)
  • Middle German, Central German (Mitteldeutsch)
  • Upper German (Oberdeutsch)
• Low German
  • Middle Low German
  • West Low German (Westniederdeutsch)
  • East Low German (Ostniederhdeutsch)
  • Low Prussian
  • Mennonite Low German, Plautdietsch
• Standard German (Standarddeutsch)
• Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch)
• Low Dutch

Further reading

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