Low German
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Tweet n. 1. The German dialects of northern Germany. Also called Plattdeutsch. 2. The continental West Germanic languages except High German. [Translation of German Niederdeutsch : nieder, low (from the lowland terrain of northern Germany) + Deutsch, German.] |
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