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Meaning of Low Rhenish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

in, of or relating to the dialect(s) of the Lower Rhine region (Niederrheinisch)

Equivalents

Deutsch niederrheinisch

Examples

“1462. o'hnlängst, in modern prose unlängst or kürzlich, vor kurzem. The ohn- in this and other archaic compounds (e.g. ohngeachtet, 'not considering') has nothing to do with ohne, 'without,' M.H.G. âne, but stands for older on-, which is a Low Rhenish form instead of the usual un-.”

“In his analysis of the Low Rhenish dialect Wahlenberg noticed that the final p in kip 'pannier' was not shifted to f, because there was another word kif 'quarrel' in that dialect (cf. [..]).”

“The Cologne Bible of about 1478/1479 contained both the Old and New Testament and was published in wo versions, the first in a Low Saxon and the other in a Low Rhenish dialect.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

low speed, high drag low-alcohol low-background low-boiling low-born low-bred