LL-L: "Morphophonology" LOWLANDS-L, 10.OCT.2000 (07) [E]

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From: Henry Pijffers [hpijffers at home.nl]
Subject: LL-L: "Morphophonology" LOWLANDS-L, 10.OCT.2000 (03) [E]

> What is interesting is that in Northern Germany speakers of these
>dialects often omit _ge-_ pretty much everywhere, including in nouns; e.g.,
>(_Gelück_ >) _Glück_ ~ _Lück_ 'luck', 'happiness', (_gelücken_ >) _glücken_ ~
>_lücken_ 'to succeed', (/ge-bour-d-s-dag/) _Geboortsdag_ ~ _Boortsdag_ ~
>_Gebuurtsdag_ ~ _Buurtsdag_ 'birthday'.  I don't know for sure if these are
>cases of overcompensation or natural progression.

I think "lücken" is normal, because in Dutch and my variety of Low-Saxon we
too have "lukken" (LS word is pronounced the same as in Dutch).
"gelukken" also exists, but it's hardly used.

grooten,
Henry

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