Low Saxon

English

Wiktionary

Low Saxon edition of Wiktionary

Alternative forms

Lower Saxon

Proper noun

Low Saxon

A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark.
Synonym: West Low German

Holonym: Low German

Coordinate term: East Low German
Synonym of Low German.

Usage notes

In English texts, including Wiktionary, "Low Saxon" is often used as a synonym for Low German. This can, however, be offensive to speakers of non-Low Saxon dialects of Low German, and Low German-speakers themselves differentiate strictly between the Low Saxon group of dialects and the Low German language. The Low Saxon area classically only includes the northeastern Netherlands, Lower Saxony and most parts of Schleswig-Holstein.

Related terms

Translations

language — see Low German

language or dialect group

Corsican: bassu sassone (co)
Danish: nedersaksisk
Dutch: Nedersaksisch (nl) n
Finnish: alasaksi (fi)
French: bas saxon (fr) m
German: Niedersächsisch (de)
Icelandic: niðursaxneska
Italian: basso sassone (it) m
Low German: Neddersass'sch (nds) n, Neddersassisch n (Northern), Nedersaksisk (East Frisia), Nedersaksisch (nds) (Western), Leegsaksisch (Groningen), Neersassies (Twente, Bentheim)
Polish: dolnosaksoński (pl)
Portuguese: baixo saxão (pt)
Russian: нижнесаксо́нский (ru) m (nižnesaksónskij) (язы́к)
Serbo-Croatian: donjosaksonski
Spanish: bajo sajón (es)
Swedish: lågsachsiska

dialect group

German: niedersächsisch (de) n