A West Germanic language spoken in Low (i.e. Northern) Germany and north-eastern parts of the Netherlands, and formerly also in large parts of eastern and north-eastern Europe, which developed out of Middle Low German from Old Saxon; often treated as a dialect group of German (or Dutch) for convenience, but widely recognized as a separate language.

in, of or relating to Low German

A language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.

a variety of or descending from Low Prussian (East Low German, Low German or Low Saxon), that developed in Royal Prussia and which is now spoken by communities not only in Germany but also in North America (Canada, the United States), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Russia and some other places. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.)

The modern stage of the Low German language, distinguished from its predecessor stages such as Middle Low German.

Old Low Franconian and Old Saxon

(dated) Northern Germany, the low-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the North and Baltic seas.