PLATTDEUTSCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plattdeutsch mean? 

• PLATTDEUTSCH (noun)
  The noun PLATTDEUTSCH has 1 sense:

1. a German dialect spoken in northern Germany

  Familiarity information: PLATTDEUTSCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATTDEUTSCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A German dialect spoken in northern Germany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Low German; Plattdeutsch

Hypernyms ("Plattdeutsch" is a kind of...):

West Germanic; West Germanic language (a branch of the Germanic languages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Plattdeutsch"):

Old Saxon (Low German prior to 1200)

Middle Low German (Low German from 1100 to 1500)