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6-584: In the western parts of the language area it is similar to some West Low German dialects, while the eastern parts are influenced by the Central Pomeranian (Mittelpommersch) dialect. It differs slightly from East Pomeranian , which used to be spoken widely in the area that in 1945 became the Polish part of Farther Pomerania and included much more Slavic Pomeranian and Kashubian elements. A striking characteristic of Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch

12-798: A group of Low German dialects spoken in parts of the Netherlands , northwestern Germany and southern Denmark (in North Schleswig by parts of the German-speaking minority). It is one of two dialect groups, the other being East Low German . The language area comprises the North German states of Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia (the Westphalian part), Bremen , Hamburg , Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony-Anhalt (the northwestern areas around Magdeburg ) as well as

18-623: Is a Low Franconian language , the Dutch Low Saxon varieties form a dialect continuum with Westphalian . They consist of: A 2005 study found that there were approximately 1.8 million "daily speakers" of Low Saxon in the Netherlands. 53% spoke Low Saxon or Low Saxon and Dutch at home and 71% could speak it. According to another study the percentage of speakers among parents dropped from 34% in 1995 to 15% in 2011. The percentage of speakers among their children dropped from 8% to 2% in

24-493: Is the use of the diminutive suffix -ing (e.g. Poot ‘paw’ > Pöting ‘little paw’, Änning ‘Annie’, lies’ ‘quietly’, ‘softly’, ‘slowly’ > liesing ‘very quietly’, ‘very softly’, ‘very carefully’, ‘nice and easy’). This suffix first appears in modern Low German variations (early 19th century onwards), and is of Germanic origin, being attested in several other Germanic-speaking areas, such as Westphalian family names Arning, Smeding and Janning. The personal pronouns in

30-417: The dialect of Fritz Reuter are as follow: The reflexive pronoun of the 3rd person is sick , and the possessive pronouns (which are declined like strong adjectives) are: Numbers in the dialect of Fritz Reuter are: Uncomposed forms in the dialect of Fritz Reuter: West Low German Low Saxon ( Dutch : Nedersaksisch ), also known as West Low German ( German : Westniederdeutsch ) are

36-663: The northeast of the Netherlands (i.e. Dutch Low Saxon , spoken in Groningen , Drenthe , Overijssel and northern Gelderland ) and the Schleswigsch dialect spoken by the North Schleswig Germans in the southernmost part of Denmark. In the south the Benrath line and Uerdingen line isoglosses form the border with the area, where West Central German variants of High German are spoken. While Dutch

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