Low German Resources
What kind of German??
Low German (Plattdeutsch) is a dialect spoken ... uhhhh, frankly probably everywhere where there's aldi nord instead of aldi süd. Or like, the upper third of germany? Anyway, in the northern parts of germany. For me, the important part is - that's the language my grandparents spoke! And I can understand it, but not speak very well. So I wanna learn it. One day. Until then, I shall collect some resources I like/find helpful here. The resources themselves are probably all in german (or low german ofc), but I'll keep my commentary in english because ... rest of this page is, too, yknow?
The Good Stuff
- Podcasts in low german by NDR
- Das Niederdeutsche Hörspiel (RSS) audio plays!
- Wi snackt Platt (RSS) reports/documentaries on various topics
- Nachrichten op Platt (RSS) news! (focussed on hamburg)
- Hör mal n beten to (RSS) morning radio?
- VHS low german language courses Okay look, you have to do the actual search yourself but there ARE quite a few courses on low german AND even a handful online!!
- INS - Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache A whole institute!! for low german!! I haven't even looked at all their stuff yet but. I just love that it exists.
- PlaTo audio archive of spoken low german!! documenting how the dialect sounds in different places because there are SO many variations. SO COOL!!
- Ohnsorg Theater low german theater is a whole Thing, apparently. Like, a Cultural Phenomenon. Come to think of it, we DO have a low german theater group in my village ...