Middle High German

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Middle High German is the form of the German language used roughly between 1050 and 1350, known from medieval literature such as the Nibelungenlied and serving as a key stage in the development toward modern German.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language variety
historical language stage
stage of the German language
developedInto New High German
surface form: Early New High German

New High German
surface form: Modern German
era High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
follows Old High German
glottoStatus treated as historical variety of German
hasDialectGroup Central German languages
surface form: Central German

Upper German
hasNotableWork Minnesang lyric poetry
Nibelungenlied
Perceval
surface form: Parzival

Tristan
hasStandardReference Middle High German dictionaries
Middle High German grammars
influenced New High German
surface form: Early New High German

standard German vocabulary
influencedBy French
Latin
ISOStatus has no separate ISO 639-1 code
keyRole intermediate stage in development of modern German
languageBranch Germanic languages
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages
lexicalFeature expansion of abstract vocabulary
morphologicalFeature reduction of verbal endings
simplification of noun inflection
phonologicalFeature loss of many Old High German unstressed vowels
reduction of diphthongs compared to Old High German
precedes New High German
surface form: Early New High German
region central German-speaking areas
southern German-speaking areas
studiedIn German philology
historical linguistics
subgroupOf High German
surface form: High German languages
syntacticFeature increasing use of fixed word order
taughtIn university German studies programs
timePeriod circa 1050–1350
typologicalFeature fusional morphology
usedBy courtly literature authors
medieval German poets
usedFor courtly epics
legal documents
religious texts
usedIn Holy Roman Empire
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Nibelungenlied originalLanguage Middle High German
Tristan language Middle High German
Early New High German follows Middle High German
Early New High German influencedBy Middle High German
House of Egisheim-Dagsburg language Middle High German
Frederick I, Duke of Swabia languageSpoken Middle High German
Hueber hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Duke of Franconia hasLanguage Middle High German
Heimrich hasHistoricalUsage Middle High German
this entity surface form: Middle High German period
Winrich von Kniprode languageOfUse Middle High German
County of Zollern language Middle High German
Leidener Willeram language Middle High German
Leidener Willeram hasTargetLanguage Middle High German
Wolfram von Eschenbach movement Middle High German
this entity surface form: Middle High German literature
Beatrice of Falkenburg languageSpoken Middle High German
Hermann von Salza languageOfCommunication Middle High German
House of Zähringen language Middle High German
Reynard primaryLanguageOfEarlyTexts Middle High German
House of Limburg language Middle High German
Ludwig der Bayer languageOfUse Middle High German
Engel hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Looz commonLanguages Middle High German
House of Berg language Middle High German
Adelaide of Vohburg languageSpoken Middle High German
House of Salian language Middle High German
Adolf of Nassau languageSpoken Middle High German
House of Rheinfelden language Middle High German
Kuno of Rheinfelden languageSpoken Middle High German
John I, Margrave of Brandenburg language Middle High German
Bertha of Rheinfelden languageUsed Middle High German
Giselbert languageOfUse Middle High German
Elbgermanisch ancestralTo Middle High German
Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen languageSpoken Middle High German
Engelbert II of Berg languageSpoken Middle High German
Duke of Swabia languageUsed Middle High German