Old High German
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Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old High German canonical | 133 |
| Old German | 2 |
| High German consonant shift | 1 |
| Middle High German dialects | 1 |
| Old High German Hludwig | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T38868 — 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.
Target entity: Old High German Context triple: [Herbert, hasEtymologicalOrigin, Old High German]
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Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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B.
Old Irish
Old Irish is the earliest recorded form of the Goidelic Celtic languages, historically spoken in Ireland and parts of Scotland between roughly the 6th and 10th centuries.
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C.
German Americans
German Americans are U.S. residents of German ancestry, one of the country’s largest and historically most influential ethnic groups, with deep cultural, political, and economic contributions to American society.
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D.
West Germany
West Germany was the democratic, capitalist western portion of Germany during the Cold War, which became an economic powerhouse and key NATO member after World War II.
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E.
Germany
Germany is a major Central European country known for its pivotal role in 20th-century history, its strong industrial economy, and its influential contributions to science, philosophy, music, and engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Old High German Target entity description: Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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A.
Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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B.
Old Irish
Old Irish is the earliest recorded form of the Goidelic Celtic languages, historically spoken in Ireland and parts of Scotland between roughly the 6th and 10th centuries.
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C.
Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin was the everyday, non-standard form of Latin spoken by common people in the Roman Empire, from which the Romance languages later evolved.
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D.
German Americans
German Americans are U.S. residents of German ancestry, one of the country’s largest and historically most influential ethnic groups, with deep cultural, political, and economic contributions to American society.
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E.
West Germany
West Germany was the democratic, capitalist western portion of Germany during the Cold War, which became an economic powerhouse and key NATO member after World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
West Germanic language
ⓘ
historical language ⓘ stage of the German language ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Althochdeutsch ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
Old High German
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
High German consonant shift
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ synthetic grammar ⓘ |
| earlierWritingSystem | runic script ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem |
accusative
ⓘ
dative ⓘ genitive ⓘ nominative ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalGender |
feminine
ⓘ
masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alemannic German dialects
ⓘ
Bavarian German dialects ⓘ Luxembourgish ⓘ German ⓘ
surface form:
Modern German
Yiddish ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
West Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
West Germanic
|
| majorDialect |
Alemannic German
ⓘ
surface form:
Alemannic
Bavarian ⓘ East Franconian ⓘ Lombardic ⓘ Rhenish Franconian ⓘ |
| notableText |
Hildebrandslied
ⓘ
Isidor translation ⓘ Ludwigslied ⓘ Merseburg Incantations ⓘ Muspilli ⓘ Tatian translation ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Proto-Germanic
ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
West Germanic
|
| region | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Alemannic German
ⓘ
surface form:
Alemannic regions
Bavarian regions ⓘ Franconian regions ⓘ parts of modern Austria ⓘ parts of modern Germany ⓘ parts of modern Switzerland ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Germanic philology
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subgroup | High German ⓘ |
| successor | Middle High German ⓘ |
| timePeriodEnd | 11th century ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | 6th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
glosses and glossaries
ⓘ
monastic literature ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Old High German Description of subject: Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
Referenced by (138)
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