Early Modern Dutch

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historical language stage stage of the Dutch language

Early Modern Dutch is the transitional form of the Dutch language used roughly between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, during which its grammar, spelling, and vocabulary became more standardized and closer to modern Dutch.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vroegmodern Nederlands	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical language stage ⓘ stage of the Dutch language ⓘ
ancestorOf	Dutch ⓘ surface form: Modern Dutch
developedInRegion	Dutch Republic ⓘ Low Countries ⓘ Southern Netherlands ⓘ
documentedIn	early modern Dutch literature ⓘ legal documents of the Low Countries ⓘ religious pamphlets and sermons ⓘ
follows	Middle Dutch ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Early Modern Dutch ⓘ surface form: Vroegmodern Nederlands Vroegnieuwnederlands ⓘ
hasApproximateEnd	circa 1800 ⓘ
hasApproximateStart	circa 1500 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	increasing standardization of grammar ⓘ increasing standardization of spelling ⓘ increasing standardization of vocabulary ⓘ reduction of regional variation in written language ⓘ transition towards Modern Dutch phonology ⓘ
hasLinguisticChange	changes in verb conjugation patterns ⓘ lexical expansion through loanwords ⓘ simplification of case system ⓘ
hasSubsequentStandard	Dutch ⓘ surface form: Standard Dutch
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ
languageBranch	West Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom	French ⓘ German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
partOf	history of the Dutch language ⓘ
precedes	Dutch ⓘ surface form: Modern Dutch
spokenInHistoricalEntity	Dutch Republic ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands
standardizationInfluencedBy	Bible translations ⓘ printing press ⓘ urban chancery practices ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Dutch-speaking population of the Low Countries ⓘ
usedInDomain	administration ⓘ literature ⓘ religious texts ⓘ science and scholarship ⓘ
usedInPeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ late Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Modern Dutch → hasAlternativeName → Early Modern Dutch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vroegmodern Nederlands

Dutch → historicalStage → Early Modern Dutch ⓘ