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German
Etymology
alt (“old”) + niederdeutsch (“Low German”)
Adjective
altniederdeutsch (strong nominative masculine singular altniederdeutscher, not comparable)
- (relational) Old Low German (related to the Old Low German language(s))
1873, Moritz Heyne, Kleine altsächsische und altniederfränkische Grammatik, page 1:Von den vier altniederdeutschen Dialecten, dem altsächsischen, altniederfränkischen, altfriesischen und angelsächsischen, die uns durch Denkmäler des achten bis zehnten Jahrhunderts (was den friesischen betrifft durch spätere) bekannt sind, wählen wir für unsere Darstellung die beiden ersteren; [...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of altniederdeutsch (uncomparable)
Meronyms