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Low-Dutch

Low-Dutch is the alternative form of Low Dutch.

Meaning of Low Dutch

Proper noun

Low Dutch

  1. (archaic) Low German.
    • There were ſeveral of his Prieſts and Lawyers preſent, (as I conjectured by their habits) who were commanded to addreſs themſelves to me, and I ſpoke to them in as many Languages as I had the leaſt ſmattering of, which were High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spaniſh, Italian, and Lingua Franca; but...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World....

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Questions about Low-Dutch

What is Low-Dutch the alternative form of?
Low-Dutch is the alternative form of Low Dutch.

Words near Low-Dutch in the dictionary

  1. low-doc loan
  2. low-doc loans
  3. low-dose CT scanning
  4. low-down
  5. low-downs
  6. Low-Dutch
  7. low-Earth orbit
  8. low-effort syndrome
  9. low-emission
  10. low-end
  11. low-enriched uranium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Low-Dutch (page history and authors); Low Dutch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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