Netherdutch

//ˈnɛðɚdʌt͡ʃ// adj, name

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dutch, pertaining to the Dutch language not-comparable, obsolete
  2. 2
    Dutch, pertaining to the Netherlands or to Dutch people not-comparable, obsolete, uncommon
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Low German obsolete, uncommon

    "But I have a deadly hatred of sch generally for a clumsy and newfangled corruption—it is either the older sc-, or it is the High Dutch way of pronouncing s followed by a consonant, … The Nether Dutch of Germany hasn't got it at all except as the representative of sc-, and that of Holland has kept the old pronunciation of sk, even though written sch, except as a termination, when I believe it is pronounced s. … and if the Germans, or rather Nether Dutchmen, of Sleswick have to become Danes in the long run, and to learn Danish at school, …"

Synonyms

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low dutch

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"But I have a deadly hatred of sch generally for a clumsy and newfangled corruption—it is either the older sc-, or it is the High Dutch way of pronouncing s followed by a consonant, … The Nether Dutch of Germany hasn't got it at all except as the representative of sc-, and that of Holland has kept the old pronunciation of sk, even though written sch, except as a termination, when I believe it is pronounced s. … and if the Germans, or rather Nether Dutchmen, of Sleswick have to become Danes in the long run, and to learn Danish at school, …"

Etymology

From nether- + Dutch, probably a calque of Dutch Nederduitsch (modern: Nederduits) or a calque of German Niederdeutsch.

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