HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL SPRACHE PLATTDEUTSCH/ LOW GERMAN

"Platt" is Modern - A Few Insights

in the "Plattdeutsch" has regained popularity. lt is spoken in many places from Borkum it north- west of Germany to Usedom on its eastern border. Young people are learning again, and it is taught to guests. Its proximity to English eases learning.

people in " Plattdeutsch" is no longer on the fringes. l t crosses the lips of more and more for a long Germany. The current songs listened to by young people have been full of it and time now. Want to take a listen? The group Fettes Brot elegantly combines German of Plattdeutsch in their song Nordisch by Nature. Listeners also need a basic knowledge e. But the rhythm and the voice of Platt when listening to Die Tüdelband, otherwise, their songs are incomprehensibl Germany. What is the fascination of the pierced singer appeal to fans. Die Tüdelband is on tour throughout northern a third of all Germans? the old Low German tongue, a language in its own right, understood today by

Recent coinages: "Miendientje" and "Biojüch"

in The enquiries received by the "East Friesian Embassy" in Aurich - sorry, Auerk 's culture Plattdeutsch - paint a clear and humorous picture. The guardians of the region taken and of Plattdeutsch set high standards to ensure that the regional language is the seriously. lt has, alter all, been recognised as a language in its own right by in European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Multilingualism is promoted finding new kindergartens and primary schools by the office in Aurich. "We have to keep ll them words, too," groans a staff member. "There used not tobe laptops, now we ca Klappreekner (foldable computers)."

is called "runnerladen", mobile telephones A "strong team" in Plattdeutsch is called a "krachtige Koppel", downloading their tractors in the fields. The language are ca lled "Ackersnacker" because farmers can use them to make calls from at supermarket checkouts, calling guardians from Aurich made a special effort to find a word for the dividers used hopping from your shopping. A them "Miendientje", which means mine-yours, the thing that separates my s refers to a combination of fun and tall Plattdeutsch word of the year is also chosen. In 2010, it was "Spijöök", which The best current word refers to ElO storytelling. In 2011, it was " Langtöögsch", which means slow and sluggish. Year" is always announced on 17 June. ethanol fuel as "Biojüch" - organic slurry. The latest "Plattdeutsch Word of the

to speak "Platt'' Trainees and helpers caring for people with dementia should be able en and Plattdeutsch is spoken from Borkum in the west of northern Germany, in Brem ia on the Hamburg, up to Sylt, Flensburg and Usedom in Mecklenburg-Western Pomeran regional Polish border. In the south, it is spoken as far south as Göttingen. There are guests differences, but everyone loves their language and wants to teach it to as many Skilied cralt as possible. Since recently, language courses have been offered for tourists. of the businesses have increasingly been looking for trainees who have a command the regional language. "That means rural customers understand us better," explains

this way, his firm acquired more master craltsman of an electricians' business in Leer. By speaking to customers in for helpers caring for people with contracts than the competition. In some places, it is considered important even go back to their childhood," says a care dementia to have a command of Plattdeutsch. "Their illness makes old people High German and only speak Low manager in a home for the elderly in Hanover. "At some point they lose their German."

only spoken in northern Germany, but Low German is the other name of this west Germanic language, which is not English. The Plattdeutsch word "water" also in the eastern Netherlands. Many Plattdeutsch expressions are similar to "pann" (pan) and "melk" (milk). That is pronounced differently but is speit exactly like in English. lt is the same with to live near Leer in East Frisia. He even was what once attracted Afro-American Curtis Fort of Massachusetts to come only about 1,500 people. Fort became a learnt Sater Frisian, a threatened language similar to Plattdeutsch spoken by East Frisian. Professor of German Philology and even translated the New Testament into Old