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Nether-Saxon

Nether-Saxon proper noun: synonym of Low German.

Proper noun

Nether-Saxon

  1. Synonym of Low German.
    Synonyms:
    Low German

Adjective

Nether-Saxon (comparative more Nether-Saxon, superlative most Nether-Saxon)

  1. Of or relating to the Low German tongue, people or culture.
    • Some of the same songs are, it is said, to be found in the Thuringian dialect in a MS. collection at Jena. Kinderling, in his history of the Plattdeutsch, Nether-Saxon, or Low-German tongue [...]1825, Edgar Taylor, Sarah Austin, Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours, page 106

Synonyms of Nether-Saxon

Forms of Nether-Saxon

Proper noun
alternative formNether Saxon
alternative form (rare)Nethersaxon
Adjective
comparativemore Nether-Saxon
superlativemost Nether-Saxon

Origin of Nether-Saxon

From nether- + Saxon, influenced by or a calque of German niedersächsisch (as a noun Niedersächsisch) and similar terms in Dutch (Nedersaksisch) and Low German.

Questions about Nether-Saxon

What does Nether-Saxon mean?
Nether-Saxon means synonym of Low German.
What part of speech is Nether-Saxon?
Nether-Saxon can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Nether-Saxon in the dictionary

  1. nether worlds
  2. Nether Wyresdale
  3. nether-
  4. nether-hair
  5. nether-hairs
  6. Nether-Saxon
  7. nether-shirt
  8. nether-shirts
  9. Netherbury
  10. Netherby
  11. Nethercleuch

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