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Drempels un Tegels vun't Neddersassische (Nedderdüütsche, Plattdüütsche) Building Blocks of Low Saxon (Low German) Adjectives: Comparison

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		Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
Pattern		-Ø	-er	-st(e)
Examples	'small'	lütt	lütter	lüttst(e)
	'strong'	stark	starker	starkst(e)
	'high'	hooch ~ hoog	höger	hööchst(e) ~ höögst(e)

There are some irregular adjectives in which alternation goes beyond umlauting (as e.g. o - ö in 'high' above); e.g.,

Examples	'great'	groot	grötter	gröttst(e)
	'good'	goot ~ good	beter	best(e)

In adverbial position (i.e., modifying a verb), the superlative is substantivized (i.e., made into a noun) and follows the preposition up ~ op and the neuter adjective dat ~ 't; e.g.,

Se singt up't best(e). 'She sings best.'

Under the influence of German, many Low Saxon speakers in Germany now use the preposition an instead; e.g.,

Se singt an't best(e). 'She sings best.'

Cf. German: Sie singt am besten. 'She sings best.'

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