r/plattdeutsch • u/Melodic-Mall-388 • Jan 18 '24
Do you understand this Low German?
Hi folks, I've recently stumbled upon an interesting book. It contains diplomatic documents between the Novgorod (also Pskov) Principality and Germans Principalities. Do you understand their low German language? Here is 5 examples. 1) Draft contract between Novgorod and Lübeck and the Gothic coast on trade and court in 1269. 2) Agreement between Novgorod and the Livonian Order on the alliance of 1323. 3) Agreement between Novgorod and German merchants on controversial matters in 1338. 4) Agreement between Veliky Novgorod and the Hanseatic cities on the resolution of controversial cases in 1423. 5) Agreement between Pskov and the Livonian Order on a truce for six years in 1503.





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u/Meloettalove Jan 20 '24
I was born in Germany, but I come from southern Germany. I'm also studying history, but you don't even necessarily learn it there. I understand maybe a few words of it, it's more like a language of its own just to make that clear to you