Martin Luthor???
One way would be be for the Netherlands / Dutch to become part of the Lutheran world, instead of the Reformed and to use the langauge of the bible used / translated by Martin as the standard for their churches. If this were followed by very close economic and trade ties, then German becomes the language of commerce and education. Within two hundred years Netherlandish / Dutch would be the language of illiterate farmers.
One way would be be for the Netherlands / Dutch to become part of the Lutheran world, instead of the Reformed and to use the langauge of the bible used / translated by Martin as the standard for their churches. If this were followed by very close economic and trade ties, then German becomes the language of commerce and education. Within two hundred years Netherlandish / Dutch would be the language of illiterate farmers.