Editing Plautdietsch (section)

===Vowel shifts in various Germanic languages===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Original vowel sound
! Standard High German
! Northern Low German
! Plautdietsch
! Pennsylvania German
! Yiddish
! Dutch
! English
|-
! {{IPA|iː}}
| {{lang|de|Wein}} {{IPA|[vaɪn]}}
| {{lang|nds|Wien}} {{IPA|[viːn]}}
| {{lang|pdt|Wien}} {{IPA|[viːn]}}
| {{lang|pdc|Wei}} {{IPA|[vaɪ]}}
| {{lang|yi|װײַן}} {{Transliteration|yi|vayn}} {{IPA|[vaɪn]}}
| {{lang|nl|wijn}} {{IPA|[ʋɛin]}}
| wine {{IPA|[waɪn]}}
|-
! {{IPA|yː}}
| {{lang|de|Feuer}} {{IPA|[fɔʏɐ]}}
| {{lang|nds|Füür}} {{IPA|[fyːɐ]}}
| {{lang|pdt|Fia}} {{IPA|[fiːɐ]}}
| {{lang|pdc|Feier}} {{IPA|[faɪɐ]}}
| {{lang|yi|פֿײַער}} {{Transliteration|yi|fayer}} {{IPA|[fajɜr]}}
| {{lang|nl|vuur}} {{IPA|[vyːr]}}
| fire {{IPA|[faɪɚ]}}
|-
! {{IPA|uː}}
| {{lang|de|Haus}} {{IPA|[haʊ̯s]}}
| {{lang|nds|Huus}} {{IPA|[huːs]}}
| {{lang|pdt|Hus}} {{IPA|[huːs]}} (Mol), {{IPA|[hyːs]}} (OCol)
| {{lang|pdc|Haus}} {{IPA|[haʊs]}}
| {{lang|yi|הויז}} {{Transliteration|yi|hoyz}}/''hauz'' {{IPA|[hɔɪz]}}/[haʊz]
| {{lang|nl|huis}} {{IPA|[ɦœʏ̯s]}}
| house {{IPA|[haʊs]}}
|}
As shown, while Dutch, English and German have experienced similar vowel shifts, Plautdietsch has only merged the old Germanic {{IPA|/yː/}} sound with {{IPA|/iː/}}, while long {{IPA|/uː/}} is retained in the Molotschna dialect. The Old Colony variety has fronted it to the now vacant {{IPA|/yː/}}.