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Low Prussian

Low Prussian proper noun: a dialect of East Low German that developed in Prussia (West Prussia, Danzig and parts of East Prussia), influenced to some extent by Dutch as well as Baltic and Slavic languages, after 1945 spoken among the expellee community in Germany, now all but extinct, except in the form of its daughter dialect of Plautdietsch.

Proper noun

Low Prussian

  1. A dialect of East Low German that developed in Prussia (West Prussia, Danzig and parts of East Prussia), influenced to some extent by Dutch as well as Baltic and Slavic languages, after 1945 spoken among the expellee community in Germany, now all but extinct, except in the form of its daughter dialect of Plautdietsch.

Origin of Low Prussian

Calque of German Niederpreußisch.

Questions about Low Prussian

What does Low Prussian mean?
Low Prussian means a dialect of East Low German that developed in Prussia (West Prussia, Danzig and parts of East Prussia), influenced to some extent by Dutch as well as Baltic and Slavic languages, after 1945 spoken among the expellee community in Germany, now all but extinct, except in the form of its daughter dialect of Plautdietsch.
What part of speech is Low Prussian?
Low Prussian is a proper noun.

Words near Low Prussian in the dictionary

  1. low post area
  2. low post areas
  3. low posts
  4. low profile
  5. low profiles
  6. Low Prussian
  7. low relief
  8. low reliefs
  9. Low Rhenish
  10. low rider
  11. low riders

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