westmünsterländisch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
the Low German dialect of the Westmünsterland
Example Sentences
- "This idiom corresponds to an idiom in the Low German dialect Westmünsterländisch, …"
- "The first systematic study of dialectal phraseology covers the Low German dialect Westmünsterländisch (WML) (Piirainen 1994, 2000)."
- "Peter Constantine writes: Low German – Niederdeutsch or Plattdeutsch – is spoken throughout northern Germany from the Dutch border to Pomerania. Its four main dialects are Westphalian, Eastphalian, Westmünsterländisch (Sandplatt) and Münsterländisch (Kleiplatt)."
Etymology
From German Westmünsterländisch.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Westmünsterländisch
Frequently Paired Words
South Westphalian
Münsterländisch