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Mecklenburgish

Mecklenburgish proper noun: the variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.

Proper noun

Mecklenburgish

  1. The variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.
    • It has various local dialects, as Mecklenburgish, East-Frisian, etc.1891, Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, volume 29, entry "PLATT"
    • In spite of the uniformity of Mecklenburgish, regional differences also occur, such as those between east and west. Here the differences point to a two-part structural division of Mecklenburgish, which in former times was much stronger. In the east, the vowel series MLG […]2013, Charles Russ, The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, Routledge, →ISBN, page 98
    Synonyms:
    Mecklenburg dialect

Adjective

Mecklenburgish (not comparable)

  1. From or pertaining to Mecklenburg, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
    • The we take the Russians, Prussians, Danish, … the Hanse Towns, Hanoverians, Oldenburgish, Mecklenburgish, and Lubeckish ships, together, which cleared and entered the United States in 1848 to 18521853 September 22, C. Hansen of Brooklyn, New York, in a letter published in 1854 in the Congressional Edition, volume 692 / 712, page 762
    • He is nothing if he is not Mecklenburgish; a son of the soil, he has remained true to the soil, whose very aroma he reproduces in his works.1882, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Time, page 736

Synonyms of Mecklenburgish

  • Mecklenburg dialect

Origin of Mecklenburgish

From Mecklenburg + -ish, possible after German mecklenburgisch/Mecklenburgisch.

Questions about Mecklenburgish

What does Mecklenburgish mean?
Mecklenburgish means the variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.
What part of speech is Mecklenburgish?
Mecklenburgish can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Mecklenburgish in the dictionary

  1. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  2. Mecklenburger
  3. Mecklenburgers
  4. Mecklenburgian
  5. Mecklenburgians
  6. Mecklenburgish
  7. Mecklenburgs
  8. Meckley
  9. Meckleys
  10. mecks
  11. Meckstroth

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