Low Prussian dialect

Low Prussian
Region
EthnicityGermans
(Prussian and Saxon subgroups)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-2nds for Low German
ISO 639-3nds for Low German
Glottologlowe1387

Low Prussian (German: Niederpreußisch),[1] sometimes known simply as Prussian (Preußisch), is a moribund dialect of East Low German that developed in East Prussia. Low Prussian was spoken in East and West Prussia and Danzig up to 1945. In Danzig it formed the basis of the particular city dialect of Danzig German. It developed on a Baltic substrate through the influx of Dutch- and Low German-speaking immigrants. It supplanted Old Prussian, which became extinct in the early 18th century.

Simon Dach's poem Anke van Tharaw was written in Low Prussian.

  1. ^ Mitzka, Walther (1921). "Niederpreuſsisch" [Lower Prussian]. Zeitschrift für deutsche Mundarten (in German). 16. Franz Steiner Verlag: 151–154. JSTOR 40498264.