English words for 'Synonym of Low German'
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adj
- (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.
noun
name
adj
noun
- a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
- 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.
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adj
noun
adj
noun
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
- The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
- Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
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- (rare) Plattdeutsch, Low German
- A village and civil parish in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6257).
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Angelina County, Texas, United States.
- A village in Zellerndorf municipality, Hollabrunn district, Lower Austria.
- An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida, United States.
name
adj
- (historical) Of or pertaining to the Third Reich.
- (historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.
- (by extension) Domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant.
- relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis
- relating to a form of socialism
noun
- (slang, usually derogatory, sometimes offensive, see usage notes below) One who imposes their views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi)
- (colloquial) One who advocates neo-Nazism, or a similarly fascist, racist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi.
- (historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP).
- a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
adj
noun
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
- (British, slang) A prison warder.
- (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe.
- A German wine.
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
- (MLE, slang) A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.
- a person of German nationality
name
- (uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
- A surname.
- A parish of the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.
adj
- of or relating to the language of Germans
- of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
- (linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
- Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
- (sometimes proscribed) Having German characteristics.
noun
name
- (linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
- (linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.
verb
adj
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Low-cut.
- (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Dead. (Compare lay low.)
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- (video games, roleplaying games) Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
- (chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- (especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- no longer sufficient
- unrefined in character
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- of the most contemptible kind
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- low or inferior in station or quality
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- very low in volume
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
adv
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- in a low position; near the ground
noun
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
- The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- (meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.
- A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
- (slang, usually accompanied by "the") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
- (countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
- (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- a low level or position or degree
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
noun
- in Old High German
- it has been continued by Modern English but at some point became the nominative absolute
- in Middle Dutch less frequently than the genitive absolute
- in Lithuanian and Latvian
- in Old East Slavic and due to Old Church Slavonic influence in Russian as late as the 18th century
- in Old English
- in Old Norse
- in Old Church Slavonic
- in Gothic
adj
noun
adj
- (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.
noun
name
adj
noun
- a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
- 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.
adj
noun
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
- The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
- Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
adj
noun
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
- (British, slang) A prison warder.
- (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe.
- A German wine.
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
- (MLE, slang) A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.
- a person of German nationality
name
- (uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
- A surname.
- A parish of the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.
noun
- in Old High German
- it has been continued by Modern English but at some point became the nominative absolute
- in Middle Dutch less frequently than the genitive absolute
- in Lithuanian and Latvian
- in Old East Slavic and due to Old Church Slavonic influence in Russian as late as the 18th century
- in Old English
- in Old Norse
- in Old Church Slavonic
- in Gothic
verb
adj
- (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
- Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
- Low-cut.
- (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
- Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
- Dead. (Compare lay low.)
- (of an automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
- Being a nadir, a bottom.
- (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
- Humble, meek, not haughty.
- Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
- (video games, roleplaying games) Having few hit points remaining; damaged.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
- Quiet; soft; not loud.
- Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
- (chiefly in several set phrases) Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
- (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
- Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
- Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- (especially in biology) Simple in complexity or development.
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- no longer sufficient
- unrefined in character
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- of the most contemptible kind
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- low or inferior in station or quality
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- very low in volume
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
adv
- Close to the ground.
- Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
- (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
- With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
- In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
- In a time approaching our own.
- Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
- in a low position; near the ground
noun
- The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
- A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
- The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- (meteorology, informal) An area of low pressure; a depression.
- A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
- (slang, usually accompanied by "the") A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
- (countable, UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
- (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- a low level or position or degree
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
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adj
- (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.
noun
name
adj
noun
- a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
- 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.
adj
noun
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
- The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
- Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
adj
name
noun
adj
noun
- the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
- (British, slang) A prison warder.
- (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe.
- A German wine.
- A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.
- (MLE, slang) A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.
- a person of German nationality
name
- (uncountable) An Indo-European (Indo-Germanic) language, primarily spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and a small part of Belgium.
- A surname.
- A parish of the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under German Township.
adj
- of or relating to the language of Germans
- of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
- (linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
- Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
- (sometimes proscribed) Having German characteristics.
noun
name
- (linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
- (linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.