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Comment by nkmnz

6 months ago

Knopp is actually common in southern German dialects as well, including palatinate and hessian. Using -ke for diminutives is common across Westphalia, especially the Munster region.

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Pet_Ant  6 months ago

That's interesting because in Polish it is "ek" and my great-grand mother was part of the diaspora there before the war.

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