Flashcards: Low German

Low Prussian (German: Niederpreußisch), sometimes known simply as Prussian (Preußisch), is a dialect of East Low German that developed in East Prussia.

Plautdietsch (), or Mennonite Low German, was originally a Low Prussian variety of East Low German, with Dutch influence, that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia.

Gronings (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣroːnɪŋs]), in the dialect itself called Grunnegs or Grönnegs, is a collective name for some Friso-Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland.

East Low German is a group of Low German dialects, including various varieties known as Pomeranian and Prussian, spoken in north-eastern Germany as well as by minorities in northern Poland.

West Low German, also known as Low Saxon (literally: Nether-saxon; Low German: Nedersassisch, Nedersaksies, Platduuts, Plat(t); Dutch: Nedersaksisch; German: Niedersächsisch), is a group of dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

Brandenburgish, or Markish, is a dialect spoken in Germany in the northern and western parts of Brandenburg (Uckermark, Prignitz and Mittelmark regions) as well as in northern Saxony-Anhalt (Altmark).

Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (German: Ostfälisch), is a West Low German (Low Saxon) dialect spoken in southeastern parts of Lower Saxony and western parts of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.

Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch is a Low German dialect spoken in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Middle Low German or Middle Saxon (ISO 639-3 code gml) is a language that is the descendant of Old Saxon and the ancestor of modern Low German.

Northern Low Saxon (in Low German, Noordneddersassisch) is a West Low German dialect.

Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, is a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German.

Westphalian or Westfalish (Westfäölsk) is one of the major dialect groups of West Low Saxon.

Urkers is the local language of the municipality and former island of Urk, located on the west coast of the Dutch province of Flevoland.

Achterhooks (Dutch: Achterhoeks, Dutch Low Saxon: Achterhooks) is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect spoken in Gelderland.

East Pomeranian (Ostpommersch) is an East Low German dialect that is or used to be spoken in Northern Poland (previously part of Germany until the end of World War II).

East Frisian Low Saxon is one of the Friso-Saxon dialects, a West Low German dialect spoken in the East Frisian peninsula of northwestern Lower Saxony.

Tweants (Tweants pronunciation: [tʋɛːnts]; Dutch: Twents, pronounced [tʋɛnts]) is a Dutch Low Saxon group of dialects, descending from Old Saxon.

Stellingwarfs (Dutch: Stellingwerfs) is the form of Dutch Low Saxon spoken in Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland, and also in Steenwijkerland in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Sallaans (Dutch: Sallands) is a collective term for the Dutch Low Saxon dialects of the region Salland, in the eastern Netherlands.

Veluws is a Dutch Low Saxon dialect which is spoken on the Veluwe.