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Mennonite_Low_German

Mennonite Low German

English

Proper noun

Mennonite Low German

Plautdietsch (a variety of Low Prussian East Low German), particularly as it is spoken by Mennonites outside Germany: in North and South America, Russia, and some other countries. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.)

Synonyms

(variety of Low German): Plautdietsch

Translations

variety of Low German — See also translations at : Plautdietsch

German: Mennonitendeutsch n, Mennonitenniederdeutsch n, Mennonitenplautdietsch n (very rare)

Low German: Mennonitenplattdüütsch (nds) n, Mennonitennedderdüütsch n
West Frisian: Minnistedútsk

See also

Chortitza, Molotschna
Russian: Хо́ртица ‎(Xórtica), Моло́чная ‎(Molóčnaja)
Ukrainian: Хортиця ‎(Chórtycja), Молочна ‎(Molóčna)