Middle Dutch
E13051
Middle Dutch is the group of closely related West Germanic dialects spoken and written in the Low Countries roughly between 1150 and 1500, forming the historical linguistic stage between Old Dutch and modern Dutch.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle Dutch canonical | 127 |
| Middle Dutch period | 2 |
| Middelnederlands | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T103801 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Dutch Context triple: [Dutch, historicalStage, Middle Dutch]
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A.
Old Dutch
Old Dutch is the earliest recorded stage of the Dutch language, spoken in the Low Countries roughly between the 6th and 12th centuries and known from a small corpus of early medieval texts and inscriptions.
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B.
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.
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C.
Zeelandic
Zeelandic is a West Flemish–related regional language variety spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to standard Dutch.
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D.
Early Modern Dutch
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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E.
Dutch
Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, serving as the basis for several regional and colonial varieties such as Flemish and Afrikaans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Dutch Target entity description: Middle Dutch is the group of closely related West Germanic dialects spoken and written in the Low Countries roughly between 1150 and 1500, forming the historical linguistic stage between Old Dutch and modern Dutch.
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A.
Old Dutch
Old Dutch is the earliest recorded stage of the Dutch language, spoken in the Low Countries roughly between the 6th and 12th centuries and known from a small corpus of early medieval texts and inscriptions.
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B.
Limburgish (Dutch variety)
Limburgish (Dutch variety) is a group of closely related Low Franconian dialects spoken in the southeastern Netherlands, particularly in the province of Limburg, characterized by features that distinguish it from standard Dutch and neighboring German dialects.
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C.
Zeelandic
Zeelandic is a West Flemish–related regional language variety spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary compared to standard Dutch.
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D.
Early Modern Dutch
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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E.
Dutch
Dutch is a West Germanic language spoken primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium, serving as the basis for several regional and colonial varieties such as Flemish and Afrikaans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (148)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Middle Dutch Description of subject: Middle Dutch is the group of closely related West Germanic dialects spoken and written in the Low Countries roughly between 1150 and 1500, forming the historical linguistic stage between Old Dutch and modern Dutch.
Referenced by (130)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Middle Dutch period