Plautdietsch

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Plautdietsch. Cognate to Dutch Low Saxon Platduuts and German Low German Plattdütsch, Plattdüütsch, as well as to High German Plattdeutsch (whence English Plattdeutsch).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaʊt.ditʃ/

Proper noun

Plautdietsch

1. Mennonite Low German, a variety of Low Prussian East Low German that developed in Royal Prussia and which is now spoken by communities not only in Germany but also in Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Russia and some other countries. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German.)

Synonyms

• (variety of Low German): Mennonite Low German

Translations

variety of Low German — see also Mennonite Low German

• Dutch: Plautdietsch (nl)
• German: Plautdietsch (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Plautdietsch: Plautdietsch (nds), Plauttdietsch

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Plautdietsch.

Proper noun

Plautdietsch n

1. Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German

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Plautdietsch

Alternative forms

• Plauttdietsch (cf. German Low German: Plattdüütsch)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔut.ditʃ/
• IPA^(key): /plɑt.ditʃ/

Proper noun

Plautdietsch

1. Plautdietsch