Plautdietsch

English

Etymology

From 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

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 translations at Mennonite Low German

Dutch: Plautdietsch (nl)
German: Plautdietsch (de) n

Plautdietsch: Plautdietsch (nds), Plauttdietsch

Further reading

Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

German

Etymology

From Plautdietsch.

Proper noun

Plautdietsch n

Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German

Plautdietsch

Alternative forms

Plauttdietsch (cf. German Low German: Plattdüütsch)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Plautdietsch

Plautdietsch

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