Talmiplatt

German

Etymology

Talmi +‎ Platt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʰälmiplat]
  • Hyphenation: Tal‧mi‧platt

Proper noun

Talmiplatt n (strong, genitive Talmiplatt or Talmiplatts, no plural)

  1. A type of Low German with significant High German influence
    • 1917, Prof. Georg Christian Coërs, “Ueber den Wert mundartlicher Wörterbücher”, in Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter‎[1], volume 20, number 4, page 314:
      Wem ist mit solchem Talmiplatt gedient? Das ist nur ein umgekehrtes Missingsch und genauso widerwärtig und verächtlich wie dieses.
      To whom is such 'false Low German' served? That is merely 'reverse Missingsch' and just as repulsive and contemptible as the latter.

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