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balkendüüster
in Low German
Pronunciation:
/balkn̩dyːstɐ/
adjective
Syllabication:
bal·ken·düüs·ter
ungradable
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About the maps
Oldenburg:
Artur vor Mohr:
Vocalstand des oldenburgischen Niederdeutsch.
Soltau, Norden 1904, page 31
PDF, 1.6 MB
Nordharz:
Otto Rohkamm:
Nordharzer Wörterbuch auf der Grundlage der Mundart von Harzburg und der oberen Oker.
Ostfalia, Peine 2003, ISBN 3-926560-47-9, page 44
Hamburg:
Michael Richey:
Idioticon Hamburgense.
page 8
PDF, 34.5 MB
Low Saxon:
ganz un goor
düüster
English:
pitch-dark
Dutch:
stikdonker
pikdonker
aardedonker
aardeduister
German:
stockfinster
zappendüster
Examples:
As
ik
ut
’n
Kroog
keem
un
nahuus
wull
,
weer
dat
al
balkendüüster
.
MezzoMezzo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Etymology:
Compound word constructed from:
Balken
+
düüster
Twins:
bargendüüster
Rhyming words
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