"Low Dutch" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} Low Dutch
  1. (archaic) Low German. Tags: archaic Translations (Translations): niederdeutsch (German)
    Sense id: en-Low_Dutch-en-adj-oAncq0sw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Low-Dutch

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Low Dutch
  1. (archaic) Low German. Tags: archaic Synonyms: Low German, Netherdutch Meronyms: Low Franconian, Low Frankish, Low Saxon
    Sense id: en-Low_Dutch-en-name-oAncq0sw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Low-Dutch

Alternative forms

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