Meanings
alternative MLG
- A language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.
The written language is nowhere spoken by the people; it was formed at the period when Luther, rejecting the Middle High and the Middle Low German, adopted in preference the dialect of Misnia or Meissen, which had begun to be written much later.
1837, The Encyclopædia of GeographySynonyms: Middle Saxon
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.
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Translations
Danish middelnedertysk
- middelnedertysklanguage
Dutch Middelnederduits, Middelsaksisch
- Middelnederduitslanguage
- Middelsaksischlanguage
Estonian Keskalamsaksa
- Keskalamsaksalanguage
Finnish keskialasaksa
- keskialasaksalanguage
French moyen bas allemand
- moyen bas allemandlanguage
German Mittelniederdeutsch
- Mittelniederdeutschlanguage
Icelandic miðlágþýska
- miðlágþýskalanguage
Norwegian Bokmål middelnedertysk
- middelnedertysklanguage
Polish język średniodolnoniemiecki
- język średniodolnoniemieckilanguage
Russian средненижненеме́цкий язы́к
- средненижненеме́цкий язы́к (srednenižneneméckij jazýk)language
Swedish medellågtyska
- medellågtyskalanguage
Cite this entry
Middle Low German. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Low%20German
“Middle Low German.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Low%20German. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Middle Low German,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Low%20German.
Source: Middle Low German on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.