Meanings
- the Low German dialect of the Westmünsterland
This idiom corresponds to an idiom in the Low German dialect Westmünsterländisch, …
2015, Torben Arboe, Chapter 8: Receding idioms in West Danish (Jutlandic), in: Language Endangerment, edited by Elisabeth Piirainen & Ari Sherris, volume 7 of Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, p. 163 and 1672 more examples
The first systematic study of dialectal phraseology covers the Low German dialect Westmünsterländisch (WML) (Piirainen 1994, 2000).
2007, Elisabeth Piirainen, Dialectal phraseology: Linguistic aspects, in: Phraseologie / Phraseology: Ein internationales Handbuch zeitgenössischer Forschung / An International Handbook of Contemporary Research, p. 533 (note: after the first usage of the full form, the abbreviation WML is used)Peter Constantine writes: Low German – Niederdeutsch or Plattdeutsch – is spoken throughout northern Germany from the Dutch border to Pomerania. Its four main dialects are Westphalian, Eastphalian, Westmünsterländisch (Sandplatt) and Münsterländisch (Kleiplatt).
1998, Peter Constantine, “Georg Bühren / translated by Peter Constantine”, in Modern Poetry in Translation: New Series / No. 13, page 89Synonyms: WML
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Low German dialect of the Westmünsterland
Origin
- GermanWestmünsterländisch
- EnglishWestmünsterländisch
From German Westmünsterländisch.
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German Westmünsterlandisch, westmünsterländische Mundart
- WestmünsterlandischTranslations
- westmünsterländische MundartTranslations
Polish dialekt zachodniomünsterlandzki
- dialekt zachodniomünsterlandzkiTranslations
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Westmünsterländisch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Westm%C3%BCnsterl%C3%A4ndisch
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