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    Middle Low German (Low German: Middelsassisk, Middelsassisch, Middelnedderdüüsch or Middelneaderdüütsk, German: Mittelniederdeutsch, Dutch: Middelnederduits)...
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    Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in...
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  • Mennonite Low German, a language or group of dialects spoken by Mennonites Middle Low German, a language spoken from about 1100 to 1600 Old Low German, a language...
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  • languages) Low German languages Old Saxon† & Middle Low German† West Low German Northern Low Saxon East Frisian Low Saxon Westphalian Eastphalian East Low German...
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    German language begins in the Early Middle Ages with the High German consonant shift. Old High German, Middle High German, and Early New High German span...
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  • Middle High German (MHG; German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally...
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    East Low German (German: ostniederdeutsche Dialekte, ostniederdeutsche Mundarten, Ostniederdeutsch) is a group of Low German dialects spoken in north-eastern...
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    Modern German gradually developed from the Old High German which in turn developed from Proto-Germanic during the Early Middle Ages. German is the second-most...
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    the High German consonant shift. Low German is further divided into Dutch Low Saxon, West Low German and East Low German. Middle Low German was the lingua...
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  • subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German. As such, it covers a great part of the West Low German-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception...
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    Old Saxon (redirect from Old Low German)
    Old Saxon (German: altsächsische Sprache), also known as Old Low German (German: altniederdeutsche Sprache), was a Germanic language and the earliest recorded...
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    Central German or Middle German (German: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from...
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  • Northern Low German (Standard High German: nördliches Niederdeutsch) is a variety of Low German in Germany, distinguished from Southern Low German. There...
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  • Visigothic, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, English,...
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    The Middle German house (German: mitteldeutsches Haus) is a style of traditional German farmhouse which is predominantly found in Central Germany. It...
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    historical phases of Low Franconian is not analogous to the traditional Old High German / Middle High German and Old Low German / Middle Low German dichotomies...
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    from Low German (15th century), replacing Middle High German habe(ne); Pacht "lease", from West Central German, replacing Middle High German pfaht;...
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  • Traces of some of the myths lived on in legends and in the Middle High German epics of the Middle Ages. Echoes of the stories, with the sacred elements largely...
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    The Low German house or Fachhallenhaus is a type of timber-framed farmhouse found in northern Germany and the easternmost Netherlands, which combines...
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    Low Alemannic German (German: Niederalemannisch) is a branch of Alemannic German, which is part of Upper German. Its varieties are only partly intelligible...
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  • the easternmost areas (Limburg, Low Rhenish), where â tended to merge with ō (that also happened in Middle Low German). Vowels ē and ō were generally...
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  • (front of a ship) from Old Norse bogr, Low German boog or Dutch boeg Brackish from Middle Dutch or Low German brac (="salty", also "worthless"), now brak...
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    be held taut. The word bowsprit is thought to originate from the Middle Low German word bōchsprēt – bōch meaning "bow" and sprēt meaning "pole". It is...
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  • Chile, and Namibia. High German is marked by the High German consonant shift, separating it from Low German (Low Saxon) and Low Franconian (including Dutch)...
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    since the Middle Ages, however, these languages have been strongly influenced by Middle Low German, a West Germanic language, and Low German words account...
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  • Klopp (category German-language surnames)
    Klopp is a German surname, from Middle Low German klopper ‘clapper’, ‘bobbin’, ‘hammer’. Compare[clarification needed] Chlodobert Notable people with the...
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    are common to several Germanic languages, including Dutch poes and Middle Low German pūse, which are also used to call a cat. The word puss is attested...
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  • Cunt (category Articles containing Middle Low German-language text)
    Frisian and Middle Low German kunte; another Middle Low German kutte; Middle High German kotze (meaning "prostitute"); modern German kott; Middle Dutch conte;...
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    Saturday (category Articles containing Middle Low German-language text)
    Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German satersdach, saterdach, Middle Dutch saterdag (Modern Dutch zaterdag)...
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    Nicolaus Copernicus (category Articles containing Middle Low German-language text)
    kə-; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik [miˈkɔwaj kɔˈpɛrɲik] ; Middle Low German: Niklas Koppernigk; German: Nikolaus Kopernikus. The Greek mathematician and astronomer...
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