Vocabulary of Middle Low German

Nouns, definite articles, plurals
Numerals: masculine, feminine, neuter

1.    mother           moder, de moder
2.    father           vader, de vader, veder
3.    sister           suster, de suster
4.    brother           broder, de broder, broders
5.    daughter           dochter, de dochter
6.    son           sone, de sone, sonen


1.    water           water, dat water
2.    fire           vûr, dat vûr
3.    sun           sunne, de sunne
4.    moon           mânt, de mânt, mânten
5.    wind           wint, de wint, winden
6.    rain           regen, de regen


1.    one           ên, êne, ên
2.    two           twêne, twô, twei
3.    three           drê, drê, drû
4.    four           vêr
5.    five           vîf
6.    six           ses


Unse dagelîkes brôt gyff uns hüde.

Give us today our daily bread.
The Bible, Matthew, 6, 11

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1.    cat           katte, de katte
2.    dog           hunt, de hunt
3.    horse           pert, dat pert
4.    cow           kô, de kô, koie
5.    fish           visch, de visch, vische
6.    bird           vogel, de vogel
7.    tree           bôm, de bôm, bômen
8.    flower           blôme, de blôme, blômen


1.    white           wit
2.    black           swart
3.    red           rôd
4.    green           grône
5.    yellow           gêl
6.    blue           blaw
7.    grey           graw
8.    brown           brûn


Middle Low German was spoken in:

Wuppertal
Essen
Zutphen
Zwolle
Groningen
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Magdeburg
Halle
Braunschweig
Hannover
Bielefeld
Münster

  1. Ja. Neen.
  1. sünnendach
  2. mândach
  3. dingesdach
  4. middeweke
  5. donredach
  6. vrîdach
  7. sönnâvent
  1. norden
  2. suden
  3. osten
  4. western
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