Low Saxon

English

Proper noun

Low Saxon

1. Synonym of Low German (West Germanic language)

   Synonyms: Low German, Nether-Saxon, Plattdeutsch

   Holonym: Low German

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 dialect group

• Corsican: bassu sassone (co)
• Danish: nedersaksisk
• Dutch: Nedersaksisch (nl) n
• Finnish: alasaksi (fi)
• French: bas saxon (fr) m
• German: Niedersächsisch (de)
• Icelandic: niðursaxneska
• Italian: basso Sassone m
• Low German: Neddersass'sch (nds) n, Neddersassisch n (Northern), Nedersaksisk (East Frisia), Nedersaksisch (nds) (Western), Leegsaksisch (Groningen), Neersassies (Twente, Bentheim)
• Polish: dolnosaksoński (pl)
• Portuguese: baixo saxão (pt)
• Russian: нижнесаксо́нский (ru) m (nižnesaksónskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian: donjosaksonski
• Spanish: bajo sajón (es)
• Swedish: lågsachsiska

dialect group

• German: Westniederdeutsch n

See also

• German
  • High German, High Dutch/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)
    • Standard German (Standarddeutsch)
  • Low German, Low Dutch/Low-Dutch
    • Middle Low German
    • West Low German (Westniederdeutsch)
    • East Low German (Ostniederdeutsch)
    • Mennonite Low German, Plautdietsch
• Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch)
• Anglo-Saxon
• West Saxon

Further reading

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