Mennonite Low German

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. a variety of or descending from Low Prussian (East Low German, Low German or Low Saxon), that developed in Royal Prussia and which is now spoken by communities not only in Germany but also in North America (Canada, the United States), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Russia and some other places. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.)

Word forms

Mennonite Low German

Etymology

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

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