Netherdutch

== English == === Alternative forms === Nether-Dutch, Nether Dutch === Etymology === From nether- +‎ Dutch, probably a calque of Dutch Nederduitsch (modern: Nederduits) or a calque of German Niederdeutsch. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛðədʌt͡ʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛðɚdʌt͡ʃ/ === Adjective === Netherdutch (not comparable) (obsolete) Dutch, pertaining to the Dutch language [17th–19th c.] (obsolete, uncommon) Dutch, pertaining to the Netherlands or to Dutch people [17th–19th c.] === Proper noun === Netherdutch (obsolete, uncommon) Low German [17th–19th c.] letter by Strangford, in: Ten Letters to E. A. Freeman, Esq., in: 1878, Original Letters and Papers of the Late Viscount Strangford upon Philological and Kindred Subjects. Edited by Viscountess Strangford, p. 32: But I have a deadly hatred of sch generally for a clumsy and newfangled corruption—it is either the older sc-, or it is the High Dutch way of pronouncing s followed by a consonant, [...] The Nether Dutch of Germany hasn't got it at all except as the representative of sc-, and that of Holland has kept the old pronunciation of sk, even though written sch, except as a termination, when I believe it is pronounced s. [...] and if the Germans, or rather Nether Dutchmen, of Sleswick have to become Danes in the long run, and to learn Danish at school, [...] 1917, The Dutch Language, in: De nieuwe gids vol. 32.1, p. 982ff., here p. 984 [1]: But round about these, in a broken curve are found the represenatives of the Low-German (Nieder-Deutsch, Netherdutch or Netherlandish) family. Along the shores of the Baltic and far inland, where German [= (Standard) High German] is established in the educated ranks, the mass of the population speak Platt-deutsch, which is nothing but a form of Dutch, not German or Hoch-deutsch. ==== Antonyms ==== High-Dutch/High Dutch === Further reading ===