• 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    German (Standard High German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely...
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    Middle Low German (Low German: Middelsassisk, Middelsassisch, Middelnedderdüüsch or Middelneaderdüütsk, German: Mittelniederdeutsch, Dutch: Middelnederduits)...
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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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  • extinct languages. Proto-West Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South...
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    earliest written records in High German were produced in the 8th century. From Proto-Germanic, the resulting language, Old High German (henceforth, OHG), can...
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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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  • centuries) Old Occitan (language of the troubadours, 11th to 14th centuries) Middle High German (language of Medieval German literature, 11th to 14th...
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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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  • § Brackets and transcription delimiters. German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language, which is largely phonemic. However, it...
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    Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in...
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    German dialects are the various traditional local varieties of the German language. Though varied by region, those of the southern half of Germany beneath...
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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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  • 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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    second language speakers; since the Middle Ages, however, these languages have been strongly influenced by Middle Low German, a West Germanic language, and...
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    German literature (German: Deutschsprachige Literatur) comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written...
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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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  • German /ei̯, ou̯/ versus Zürich German /ei̯, ou̯/ from Middle High German /iː, uː/; Zürich German /bai̯, frau̯/ 'leg, woman' from Middle High German bein...
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    official language of Germany is German, with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language. This...
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    Yiddish (redirect from Judaeo-German)
    Judeo-Romance languages began to acquire varieties of Middle High German, and from these groups the Ashkenazi community took shape. Exactly what German substrate...
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    East Central German or East Middle German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the eastern Central German language and is part of High German. Present-day Standard...
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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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    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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    time of classical Middle High German (1170–1250). Pennsylvania Dutch instead reflects the independent development of Palatine German, especially from the...
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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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  • German language translations of the Bible have existed since the Middle Ages. The most influential is Luther's translation, which established High German...
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    20 minority languages are also spoken in the Middle East. Arabic, with all its dialects, is the most widely spoken language in the Middle East, with Literary...
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