Talk:Low German house

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Niedersachsenhaus
@Bermicourt: Niedersachsen = "Lower Saxony"; "niedersächsisches" would be "Low Saxon" - see entry below

I'm a native speaker of both German and Low Saxon. Niedersachsen in this case does not refer to the territory Niedersachsen, but is the plural of Niedersachse, a person of the Low Saxon people. So technically it's Low Saxons' house, but that kinda sounds odd to me. --:Slomox:: &gt;&lt; 12:34, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your advice. What you say makes sense - I guess there's no way we English speakers could tell from the spelling whether it means the state or the people. I accept you are right, but does this mean that the last one in the list - Westfalenhaus (Westphalian house) - is also correct because it refers to die Westfalen i.e. the Westphalians and not das Westfalen or Westphalia? --Bermicourt (talk) 13:24, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I (being a native german from Mecklenburg) would say so. Since german states and historical names often bare similiarities one (even us `Krauts´) can get into trouble deriving those original meanings right. Niedersachsen should refer more to the so-called `Reichskreis´, than any territorial form of a state.--85.183.156.182 (talk) 18:57, 16 September 2013 (UTC)


 * My sense is that whether the German word refers to the territory or the people, we would still use the adjective. I can't think of English examples where we use "Fooians' " rather than "Fooish". And the literature uses "Low Saxon House" rather than "Low Saxons' House". Ditto with "Westphalian House" as far as I can tell from google books. --Bermicourt (talk) 19:07, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

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