Nether-saxon

adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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 [...]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Low German.

Synonyms

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low german

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"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 [...]"

Etymology

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

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