• Middle High German (MHG; German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally...
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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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  • Middle High German literature refers to literature written in German between the middle of the 11th century and the middle of the 14th. In the second half...
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    Middle Low German (Low German: Middelsassisk, Middelsassisch, Middelnedderdüüsch or Middelneaderdüütsk, German: Mittelniederdeutsch, Dutch: Middelnederduits)...
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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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    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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    Modern German gradually developed from the Old High German which in turn developed from Proto-Germanic during the Early Middle Ages. German is the second-most...
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    vary. Old High German scarph, Middle High German scharpf. Old High German ezzen, daz, ūz; not geminated in any case in modern Standard German. Note that...
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  • 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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  • short Old High German Merseburg Incantations. However, pagan mythological elements were preserved in later literature, notably in Middle High German epic poetry...
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  • forms of the Middle High German verb include the infinitive, the present participle, the past participle, and the gerund. In Middle High German the infinitive...
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    literature Old High German literature (750–1050) Middle High German literature (1050–1350) Late medieval / Renaissance (1350–1500) Early Modern German literature...
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  • Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South Franconian German Alemannic...
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    Central German or Middle German (German: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from...
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    (Sprachraum). In the Old High German time, only Alemannic and Bairisch are grouped as Upper German. In the Middle High German time, East Franconian and...
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  • Visigothic, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, English,...
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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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  • Carmina Burana (Orff) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    More precisely, Bavarian-colored Middle High German. Reconstructions of the pronunciation of the Middle High German texts in the Carmina Burana in John...
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    High Middle Ages Europe and Mediterranean region The High Middle Ages, or high medieval period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD...
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    led-government in East Germany, German reunification saw the former East German states join the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990. Germany has been described...
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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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  • nature Middle High German literature (1050–1350) is the product of the noble courts and focuses on knightly exploits and courtly love History of German literature...
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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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    ß (redirect from German B)
    with ⟨s⟩: messen (Middle High German: mezzen), Straße (Middle High German: strâze), and was (Middle High German: waz). The pre-1996 German use of ⟨ß⟩ was...
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    The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom (Latin: regnum Teutonicorum 'kingdom of the Germans', regnum Teutonicum 'German kingdom', regnum Alamanie "kingdom...
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  • Mensch (category Articles containing German-language text)
    Mensch (Yiddish: מענטש, mentsh, from Middle High German Mensch, from Old High German mennisco; akin to Old English human being, man) means "a person of...
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  • Old High German literature refers to literature written in Old High German, from the earliest texts in the 8th century to the middle of the 11th century...
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    Island, a considerable part of the Old High German corpus has Alemannic traits. Alemannic Middle High German is less prominent, in spite of the Codex...
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    Hovawart (category Dog breeds originating in Germany)
    Hovawart is a medium to large size German dog breed. The name means "yard-watcher" or "farm-watcher", from the Middle High German words hova ("court", "yard"...
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  • Middle High German diphthongs [iə̯], [uə̯] and [yə̯] became the modern Standard German long vowels [iː], [uː] and [yː] after the Middle High German long...
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