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Mecklenburgish
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English
Etymology
From en Mecklenburg ish, possible after de mecklenburgisch/Mecklenburgisch.
Proper noun
The variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.
en Mecklenburg dialect
1891, Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, volume 29, entry "PLATT":
It has various local dialects, as Mecklenburgish, East-Frisian, etc.
en 2013 Charles Russ The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey Routledge 9781136086687 98 In spite of the uniformity of Mecklenburgish, regional differences also occur, such as those between east and west. Here the differences point to a two-part structural division of Mecklenburgish, which in former times was much stronger. In the east, the vowel series MLG
en 2018 Kurt Goblirsch Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening: Volume 157: On the History of Quantity in Germanic Cambridge University Press 9781108340618 7 The first is a large area in Low Saxon and Mecklenburgish in northern Low German, while the second is a smaller one in Ripuarian and bordering Mosel Franconian.
Translations
Low German variety
German: de mecklenburgische Mundart f, de Mecklenburgisch n note: often the broader term de Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch is used
Adjective
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From or pertaining to Mecklenburg, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
1853 September 22, C. Hansen of Brooklyn, New York, in a letter published in 1854 in the Congressional Edition, volume 692 / 712, page 762:
The we take the Russians, Prussians, Danish, [...] the Hanse Towns, Hanoverians, Oldenburgish, Mecklenburgish, and Lubeckish ships, together, which cleared and entered the United States in 1848 to 1852
en 1882 Edmund Hodgson Yates Time 736 He is nothing if he is not Mecklenburgish; a son of the soil, he has remained true to the soil, whose very aroma he reproduces in his works.
Translations
German: de mecklenburgisch