page_title: Middle Low German
hierarchical_section_title: Middle Low German
caption_attribution_description: Plattdüütsch: Ole plattdüütsche Inschrift an en Huus in Hameln: Alle der warlde herlicheyt is alse ene blome de huete wasset un morgen vorgheit. Des herrn wort blift yn ewicheit. In moderne Wöör: All de Welt Herrlichkeit is as en Bloom, de hüüt wasst un morgen vergeit. Den Herrn sien Woord blifft in Ewigkeit. Deutsch: Niederdeutsche Inschrift an einem Haus in Hameln. Übersetzt: All der Welt Herrlichkeit ist wie eine Blume, die heute wächst und morgen vergeht. Des Herren Wort bleibt in Ewigkeit. English: Inscription in Middle Low German on a house at Hameln. Translation: All the world's magnificence is like a flower that grows today and vanishes tomorrow; the Lord's word remains in eternity. Esperanto: Fraktura skribaĵo sur domo en Hameln, en mez-malaltgermana lingvo. Traduko: Ĉiu belegaĵo de la mondo estas kiel floro, kiu kreskas hodiaŭ kaj velkos morgaŭ. La parolo de la Sinjoro restos eterne. La originalo konsistas el tri rimaj partoj.
context_page_description: Middle Low German is a development step of the Low German language. It was in use in the northern part of Germany. It developed from Old Saxon, in the Middle Ages. The first records date from the 13th century. It was one of the languages the Hanseatic League used. It also influenced the Nordic languages, such as Swedish, which took loanwords from it. At that time, it was also used for treaties and diplomacy. One of the surviving testimonies is the Sachsenspiegel.
context_section_description: Middle Low German is a development step of the Low German language ("Niederdeutsch"). It was in use in the northern part of Germany. It developed from Old Saxon, in the Middle Ages. The first records date from the 13th century. It was one of the languages the Hanseatic League used. It also influenced the Nordic languages, such as Swedish, which took loanwords from it. At that time, it was also used for treaties and diplomacy. One of the surviving testimonies is the Sachsenspiegel.
caption: Inscription in Middle Low German on a house at Hameln. -  "Alle der warlde herlicheyt is alse ene blome de huete wasset un morgen vorgheit. Des herrn wort blift yn ewicheit"  - Translation: All the world's magnificence is like a flower that grows today and vanishes tomorrow; the Lord's word remains in eternity.
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