• Early New High German (ENHG) is a term for the period in the history of the German language generally defined, following Wilhelm Scherer, as the period...
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  • New High German (NHG; German: Neuhochdeutsch (Nhdt., Nhd.)) is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language, starting...
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    Early New High German literature refers to literature written in German between the middle of the 14th century and the middle of the 17th. The term Early...
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  • The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard...
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    the Bible into High German was also decisive for the German language and its evolution from Early New High German to modern Standard German. The publication...
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    German language begins in the Early Middle Ages with the High German consonant shift. Old High German, Middle High German, and Early New High German span...
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  • 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High German is defined as those varieties of German which were affected by the...
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  • Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (German: Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland...
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    Upper German (German: Oberdeutsch [ˈoːbɐdɔʏtʃ] ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum)...
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    Standard German is a standardized form of High German, developed in the early modern period based on a combination of Central German and Upper German varieties...
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    The Middle High German period is conventionally taken to end in 1350, while the Early New High German is taken to begin with the German Renaissance,...
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    located within the modern German state of Saxony-Anhalt), the progression of the Reformation would divide the German states among new religious lines: the...
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    (German: Obersächsisch, pronounced [ˈoːbɐˌzɛksɪʃ]; Upper Saxon: [ɵːb̥oˤˈsɛɡ̊sʃ]) is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German...
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    Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from...
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  • adults are generally literate in Early New High German (also called "Biblical German", and the predecessor to Standard German used by Martin Luther) that they...
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    typefaces, yielding ⟨ſʒ⟩. This developed from an earlier usage of ⟨z⟩ in Old and Middle High German to represent a separate sibilant sound from ⟨s⟩; when...
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    The New Objectivity (in German: Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term...
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    mostly/exclusively High German when the Reformation set in). Sub-periods of Middle Low German are: Early Middle Low German (Standard High German: Frühmittelniederdeutsch):...
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  • the case. Today, Standard High German orthography is regulated by the Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung (Council for German Orthography), composed of representatives...
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    broadened to a universal intent to create a national language from Early New High German by deliberately ignoring regional forms of speech, which practice...
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    unaffected. The High German consonant shift altered a number of consonants in the southern German dialects—which includes Standard German, Yiddish, and...
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    about Lauren German". StylesRant. Retrieved May 17, 2021. Collar, Cammila (2016). "Lauren German Biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived...
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    were made in Weimar Germany or by German scientists during the Weimar period. While temporarily at the University of Copenhagen, German physicist Werner...
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    The High Seas Fleet (German: Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War. The formation was...
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    Weimar Classicism (German: Weimarer Klassik) was a German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism from the synthesis...
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    the Bible into High German was also decisive for the German language and its evolution from Early New High German to Modern Standard German. The publication...
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    Early New High German by Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – 1414) in Žatec (Saaz), who probably had studied liberal arts in Prague. For centuries, German Bohemians...
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    Low German has not undergone the High German consonant shift, as opposed to Standard High German, which is based on High German dialects. Low German evolved...
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    Robert Walser (15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German-speaking Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler...
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    needed] New Swabia was explored by Germany in early 1939 and named after that expedition's ship, Schwabenland, itself named after the German region of...
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