Mecklenburgish

English

Etymology

Mecklenburg +‎ -ish

Proper noun

Mecklenburgish

  1. The variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.
    • 1891, Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, volume 29, entry "PLATT":
      It has various local dialects, as Mecklenburgish, East-Frisian, etc.
  2. The dialect of German (High German) which is spoken in Mecklenburg.

Adjective

Mecklenburgish (not comparable)

  1. From or pertaining to Mecklenburg, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
    • 1853 September 22, C. Hansen of Brooklyn, New York, in a letter published in 1854 in the Congressional Edition, volume 692 / 712, page 762:
      The we take the Russians, Prussians, Danish, [...] the Hanse Towns, Hanoverians, Oldenburgish, Mecklenburgish, and Lubeckish ships, together, which cleared and entered the United States in 1848 to 1852
    • 1882, Time, volume 7, page 736:
      He is nothing if he is not Mecklenburgish; a son of the soil, he has remained true to the soil, whose very aroma he reproduces in his works.
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