Low Saxon

English nds Alternative forms en 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. en West Low German en Low German en East Low German en 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 en Dutch Low Saxon East Low Saxon German Low Saxon Middle Low Saxon New Low Saxon Old Low Saxon West Low Saxon en Middle Saxon (en Middle Low German) en New Saxon (en New Low German) en Old Saxon (en Old Low German) Translations language Low German language or dialect group Corsican: co bassu sassone Danish: da nedersaksisk Dutch: nl Nedersaksisch n Finnish: fi alasaksi French: fr bas saxon m German: de Niedersächsisch Icelandic: is niðursaxneska Italian: it basso sassone m Low German: nds Neddersass'sch n, nds Neddersassisch n Northern, nds Nedersaksisk East Frisia, nds Nedersaksisch Western, nds Leegsaksisch Groningen, nds Neersassies Twente, Bentheim Polish: pl dolnosaksoński Portuguese: pt baixo saxão Russian: ru нижнесаксо́нский m язы́к Serbo-Croatian: sh donjosaksonski Spanish: es bajo sajón Swedish: sv lågsachsiska dialect group German: de niedersächsisch n See also en German en High German, en High Dutch/en High-Dutch en New High German (de Neuhochdeutsch) en Middle High German (de Mittelhochdeutsch) en Old High German, en Old High Dutch (de Althochdeutsch) en Middle German, en Central German (de Mitteldeutsch) en Upper German (de Oberdeutsch) en Standard German (de Standarddeutsch) en Low German, en Low Dutch/en Low-Dutch en Middle Low German en Northern Low German (de Nordniederdeutsch) en Southern Low German (de Südniederdeutsch) en Mennonite Low German, en Plautdietsch en Upper Saxon (de Obersächsisch) en Anglo-Saxon en West Saxon Further reading nds Plattmakers: Low Saxon dictionary with both English and German translations en Languages