Platt

Etymology 1
, or

Proper noun

 * 1)  Plattdeutsch, Low German

Etymology 3
English habitational surname from, from.

Etymology
Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) dialect, a local form of Central Franconian (or even any other dialect)
 * 2) * 1986, Hermann Josef Ersfeld, Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het. Eine Pilotstudie zu Josef Ersfelds Totalerfassung des Eitorfer Alt-Dialekts (Schriftenreihe des Heimatvereins Eitorf 1):
 * "gmw-cfr"

- Vam alen Eitorfer Platt wi et der Urjroßvatter jeschwatt het

Usage notes

 * Most dialects are locally referred to as, even as far south as Saarland. A remarkable exception is Colognian , which is only rarely called . This might well be due to the historical attitude of the metropolitans, who considered themselves, and hence their speech, far superior to the outside population.

Etymology
Ultimately the same as, although the motivation seems not to be quite clear; possibly the geographically low areas of Germany as in , or else “not elevated, ordinary, simple” speech. Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1) Low German
 * 2)  a dialect (regional language), usually a German (or Dutch) one

Usage notes
Most often, Platt is understood to be Low German, because the term refers to Low German. However, many West Central German dialects (e.g. in Aachen, Bonn, or Koblenz) are also referred to as Platt (but not as Plattdeutsch).

Etymology
Ultimately the same as.

Noun

 * 1) a dialect; regional language

Proper noun

 * 1) Eupen dialect
 * 2) Limburgish
 * 3) Plattdeutsch, Low German

Etymology
Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Low German