Editing Plautdietsch (section)

====Diphthongization before g, k, ch [IPA x] and r, with possible loss of r====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Standard High German
! Northern Low German
! Plautdietsch
! Pennsylvania German
! Yiddish
! Dutch
! English
|-
| Herz
| Hart
| Hoat
| Hatz
| האַרץ<br />harts
| hart
| heart
|-
| machen
| maken
| moake(n)
| mache
| מאַכן<br />makhn
| maken
| make
|-
| fragen
| fragen
| froage(n)
| frooge
| פֿרעגן<br />fregn
| vragen
| ask (compare Old English frægn)
|-
| hoch
| hooch
| huach
| hoch
| הױך<br />hoykh
| hoog
| high
|-
| Horn, Hörner
| Hoorn, Höörn
| Huarn, Hieena
| Hann, Hanner
| האָרן, הערנער<br />horn, herner
| hoorn, hoorns
| horn, horns
|}
The deletion of r has been completed in most final positions, after front vowels and before alveolar consonants, but is still retained in the infinitive of verbs, after short vowels, and sometimes after back vowels as seen in the example Huarn, Hieena.