English words for 'A dialect of Dutch Low Saxon.'
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- A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.
- a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
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- Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony.
- The language of the ancient Saxons.
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage or directly from the noun Saxon.
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- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
- Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.
- of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendants (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
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- A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) An English/British person.
- A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
- A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
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- the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
- the people of the Netherlands
- (collective) The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
- (collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
- (collective, South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
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- a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
- a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
- A native or inhabitant of the Dutch province of Friesland.
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- of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia
- Of or relating to people of Frisian descent.
- Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
- Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border).
- (specifically) Of, from or relating to West Frisia, i.e. the Dutch province of Friesland
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- (specifically) Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
- (specifically) The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
- (specifically) The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
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- (strict sense) The West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.
- (broad sense) The above, including also the ancestors of the languages of the eastern Netherlands (Limburgish) and the Low Franconian varieties spoken in Germany. (In this view, the ancestor of Dutch is considered to be Old West Low Franconian)
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- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
- Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
- (politics) Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
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- (Internet slang, by extension) Trashy; low-quality.
- (linguistics) Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high and the low; said of certain vowel sounds, such as, [e o ɛ ɔ].
- Occupying a middle position; middle.
- (originally African-American Vernacular and Internet slang) Mediocre; of middling quality.
- used in combination to denote the middle
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- Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
- Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
- Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
- of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
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- Initialism of Old Style, a term used in English language historical studies to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar instead of the modern Gregorian calendar.
- (screenwriting) Abbreviation of offscreen, indicating a line of dialogue is spoken by someone not visible onscreen.
- Initialism of oversize.
- Initialism of outsize, clothes for large people.
- (film) Initialism of over shoulder.
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- (linguistics) A marker for a number of West Germanic languages and dialects spoken in the former core of the Frankish empire: Low Countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), central-western Germany, and Franconia.
- (geology) An age from 496.8 to 492.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.
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- Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
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- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of Hessian cloth or Hessian fabric (“burlap, jute”).
- (mathematics) Ellipsis of Hessian matrix.
- A native or inhabitant of the state of Hesse, Germany.
- (fashion) Ellipsis of Hessian boot.
- (historical) A mercenary soldier, especially a German one who fought with the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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- A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.
- a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
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- the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
- the people of the Netherlands
- (collective) The Pennsylvania Dutch people.
- (collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.
- (collective, South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch).
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- a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
- a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is native to the region of Frisia (which is in the Netherlands, northern Germany, and southern Denmark).
- A native or inhabitant of the Dutch province of Friesland.
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- of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia
- Of or relating to people of Frisian descent.
- Of, in or relating to the Frisian language or a Frisian language.
- Of, from or relating to the region of Frisia: Either West Frisia (the Dutch province of Friesland); North Frisia (in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, near the Danish border); or East Frisia (in the German state of Lower Saxony, near the Dutch border).
- (specifically) Of, from or relating to West Frisia, i.e. the Dutch province of Friesland
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- (specifically) Saterland Frisian, the last surviving dialect of the East Frisian lect, spoken in Northern Germany close to the Dutch border.
- (specifically) The North Frisian lect, spoken in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.
- (specifically) The West Frisian (or Western Frisian) lect, spoken in the northern Netherlands.
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- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
- Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
- (politics) Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
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- Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
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- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to Westphalian Low German.
- Of or pertaining to the Westphalia region or its people and culture.
- (politics) Of or pertaining to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 which established a new system of political order in Central Europe, based on the concept of co-existing sovereign states.
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- Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
- Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
- Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
- of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
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- Upper Saxon, a dialect of modern High German spoken in Saxony.
- The language of the ancient Saxons.
- A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A municipality in Martigny district, Valais canton, Switzerland.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage or directly from the noun Saxon.
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- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxon language.
- Of, from or relating to Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) Of, relating to, or characteristic of England, typically as opposed to a Celtic nationality.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Saxons.
- of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendants (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
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- A native or inhabitant of Saxony, Germany.
- (Ireland, Wales, poetic) An English/British person.
- A kind of rapidly spinning ground-based firework.
- A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.
- a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
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- A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.
- a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
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- Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic