Talk:House of Alvensleben

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Bermicourt in topic Low German

Low German

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The House of Alvensleben is a Low German aristocratic family of the Altmark region...."

Isn't "Low German" a language? I see that the German Wikipedia article on the same family describes it as a "niederdeutschen" noble family, but I don't see examples of this usage in English anywhere else. I'm genuinely curious. Matuko (talk) 23:31, 14 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Yes it is a language and that seems to be its main use. But Low Germany was a region (the term is rather archaic now) and so Low German can surely be used as a wider adjective for that region. As the context is historical here that would seem to make sense. Bermicourt (talk) 07:18, 15 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Albert, Count of Alvensleben (1794–1858), Prussian minister of finance

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Consider these:
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1765531
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_von_Alvensleben
11:11, 25 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Klarm768 (talkcontribs)