Meanings
- The variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.
It has various local dialects, as Mecklenburgish, East-Frisian, etc.
1891, Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, volume 29, entry "PLATT"2 more examples
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 […]
2013, Charles Russ, The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey, Routledge, →ISBN, page 98The 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.
2018, Kurt Goblirsch, Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening: Volume 157: On the History of Quantity in Germanic, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 7Synonyms: Mecklenburg dialect
- not comparableFrom or pertaining to Mecklenburg, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
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.
1882, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Time, page 7361 more example
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
1853 September 22, C. Hansen of Brooklyn, New York, in a letter published in 1854 in the Congressional Edition, volume 692 / 712, page 762
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe variety of Low German which is spoken in Mecklenburg.
Origin
From Mecklenburg + -ish, possible after German mecklenburgisch/Mecklenburgisch.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German mecklenburgische Mundart, mecklenburgisch
- mecklenburgische MundartLow German variety
- mecklenburgischTranslations
Cite this entry
Mecklenburgish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mecklenburgish
“Mecklenburgish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mecklenburgish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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