Mennonite Low German

Mennonite Low German

English

Etymology

Mennonite + Low German, because Mennonites were the ones to carry it out of Prussia.

Proper noun

Mennonite Low German

1. Plautdietsch (a variety of Low Prussian East Low German), particularly as it is spoken by Mennonites outside Germany: in North and South America, Russia, and some other countries. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.)

Synonyms

• (variety of Low German): Plautdietsch

Translations

variety of Low German — See also translations at Plautdietsch

German: Mennonitendeutsch n, , Mennoniten-Niederdeutsch n/Mennonitenniederdeutsch n (rare), Mennonitenplautdietsch n (very rare)

West Frisian: Minnistedútsk

See also

• Chortitza, Molotschna (historically and linguistically important settlements)