| Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch | |
| States: | Germany |
| Region: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Speakers: | ? |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam3: | West Germanic |
| Fam4: | North Sea Germanic |
| Fam5: | Low German |
| Fam6: | East Low German |
| Iso2: | nds |
| Iso2comment: | for Low German |
| Iso3: | nds |
| Iso3comment: | for Low German |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | meck1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Map: | German dialect continuum in 1900 (according to Wiesinger & König).png |
| Mapcaption: | Germanic Dialects in 1900 in Germany as of today's borders ---- |
Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch is a Low German dialect spoken in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It belongs to the East Low German group.
In the western parts of the language area it is similar to some West Low German dialects, while the eastern parts are influenced by the Central Pomeranian (Mittelpommersch) dialect. It differs slightly from East Pomeranian, which used to be spoken widely in the area that in 1945 became the Polish part of Farther Pomerania and included much more Slavic Pomeranian and Kashubian elements.
A striking characteristic of Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch is the use of the diminutive suffix -ing (e.g. Poot ‘paw’ > Pöting ‘little paw’, Änning ‘Annie’, lies’ ‘quietly’, ‘softly’, ‘slowly’ > liesing ‘very quietly’, ‘very softly’, ‘very carefully’, ‘nice and easy’). This suffix first appears in modern Low German variations (early 19th century onwards), and is of Germanic origin,[1] being attested in several other Germanic-speaking areas, such as Westphalian family names Arning, Smeding and Janning.
The personal pronouns in the dialect of Fritz Reuter are as follow:[2]
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Singular | Nominative | ick | du | hei | sei | dat ('t) |
| Accusative | mi | di | em | ehr | dat | |
| Plural | Nominative | wi | ji | sei | ||
| Accusative | uns | jug (ju) | ||||
The reflexive pronoun of the 3rd person is sick, and the possessive pronouns (which are declined like strong adjectives) are:
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Singular | min | din | sin | ehr | sin | |
| Plural | uns' | jug | ehr | |||
Numbers in the dialect of Fritz Reuter are:[3]
Uncomposed forms in the dialect of Fritz Reuter:[4]
| Infinitive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| halen | ||||||
| Present Active | ||||||
| [ick] hal(e) | [du] hal(e)st | [hei] hal(t) | [wi] hal(e)n | [ji] hal(e)t | [sei] hal(e)n | |
| Imperfect Active | ||||||
| [ick] halt(e) | [du] halt(e)st | [hei] halt(e) | [wi] halt(e)n | [ji] halt(e)t | [sei] halt(e)n | |
| Imperative | ||||||
| hal(e) | hal(e)t | |||||
| Past Participle | ||||||
| hal(e)t | ||||||