Editing Plautdietsch (section)

====Palatalization====
All words with a {{IPA|/ɡ/}} or {{IPA|/k/}} preceding or following a front vowel ({{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/i/}}, not counting [[schwa]]) have been shifted to {{IPA|/j/}} and {{IPA|/c/}} (the latter has been written as kj or tj), even if there is another consonant between the vowel and the consonant. An intervocalic {{IPA|/ɡ/}} is palatalized as the [[voiced palatal stop]] {{IPA|/ɟ/}}, written gj or dj. (A similar event occurred with English, but not as generalized). Where an {{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/i/}} has been sunken to {{IPA|/a/}}, the palatalized sound is retained. Also where German has a palatalization (of the [[High German consonant shift|shifted]] {{IPA|/ç/}} consonant), Plautdietsch retains the palatalization (of {{IPA|/k/}}) even after lowering a front vowel.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Standard High German
! Northern Low German
! Plautdietsch
! Pennsylvania German
! Yiddish
! Dutch
! English
|-
| gestern
| gistern/güstern
| jistren
| geschder
| נעכטן<br />nekhtn
| gisteren
| yesterday
|-
| geben
| gäven/geven
| jäwen
| gewwe
| געבן<br />gebn
| geven
| give
|-
| Kirche
| Kark
| Kjoakj
| Kaerrich
| קירך<br />kirkh
| kerk
| church
|-
| Brücke
| Brügg, Brügge
| Brigj
| Brick
| בריק<br />brik
| brug
| bridge
|-
| Milch
| Melk
| Malkj
| Millich
| מילך<br />milkh
| melk
| milk
|-
| recht
| recht
| rajcht
| recht
| רעכט<br />rekht
| recht
| right
|}