Middle Low German

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West Germanic language historical language medieval language

Middle Low German is a historical West Germanic language used in northern Germany and surrounding regions during the late medieval period, notably serving as the lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Middle Low German canonical 39
Middelnederduits 2
Mittelniederdeutsch 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
medieval language ⓘ
endTime circa 1600 ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
follows Old Saxon ⓘ
glottologCode midd1343 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Middle Low German ⓘ
surface form: Middelnederduits

Middle Low Saxon ⓘ
Middle Low German ⓘ
surface form: Mittelniederdeutsch
hasAncestor Old Saxon ⓘ
hasDescendant Plautdietsch (among Mennonite Volga Germans) ⓘ
surface form: Mennonite Low German

Low German ⓘ
surface form: Modern Low German

Plautdietsch (among Mennonite Volga Germans) ⓘ
surface form: Plautdietsch
hasDialect Low German ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Low German

Low German ⓘ
surface form: East Low German

Eastphalian ⓘ
Low Saxon dialect continuum ⓘ
surface form: North Low Saxon

Westphalian ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature lack of High German consonant shift ⓘ
hasWritingTradition city laws ⓘ
commercial documents ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
influenced Danish ⓘ
Estonian ⓘ
Finnish language ⓘ
surface form: Finnish

Latvian ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian

Polish language ⓘ
surface form: Polish

Russian ⓘ
North Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form: Scandinavian languages

Swedish ⓘ
ISO639-3Code gml ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

West Germanic languages ⓘ
linguaFrancaOf Hanseatic League (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Hanseatic League
precedes Low German ⓘ
surface form: Modern Low German
startTime circa 1100 ⓘ
subclassOf Germanic language ⓘ
Low German ⓘ
usedIn Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Sea region

Baltic states ⓘ
Hanseatic cities ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
surface form: North Sea region

Northern Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Teutonic Order state ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

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

Low German → hasAncestor → Middle Low German ⓘ
Middle Frisian → closelyRelatedTo → Middle Low German ⓘ
Old Saxon → ancestralLanguageOf → Middle Low German ⓘ
Old Saxon → developedInto → Middle Low German ⓘ
Lord of Ahaus → hasLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Hanseatic League (historical) → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
subject surface form: Hanseatic League
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
Middle Low German → hasAlternativeName → Middle Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittelniederdeutsch
Middle Low German → hasAlternativeName → Middle Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middelnederduits
Cölln → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Twents → hasAncestor → Middle Low German ⓘ
Sallands → hasAncestor → Middle Low German ⓘ
Duchy of Saxony → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Principality of Göttingen → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
Vroegnieuwnederlands → verwantAan → Middle Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middelnederduits
Altsächsisch → developedInto → Middle Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittelniederdeutsch
Principality of Grubenhagen → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Middle Norwegian → influencedBy → Middle Low German ⓘ
Bishopric of Dortmund → hasLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Teutonic Order state → officialLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Margrave of Brandenburg → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
Livonian Order → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
Schroder → hasEtymologicalLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Hansa → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
subject surface form: Hanseatic League
London Steelyard → languageUsed → Middle Low German ⓘ
Hanseatic law → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Hanseatic Diet → usedLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Treaty of Stralsund (1370) → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Prince of Lüneburg → hasLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Eric of Pomerania → languageOfUse → Middle Low German ⓘ
Altmark region → etymologyLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
subject surface form: Altmark
Frisian freedom → languageOfRecord → Middle Low German ⓘ
Otto the Child → languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned → Middle Low German ⓘ
Livonian Confederation → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Verden → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
East Scandinavian → influencedBy → Middle Low German ⓘ
Bishopric of Minden → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
German eastward expansion (Ostsiedlung) → hasLanguage → Middle Low German ⓘ
Medieval Prince-Bishopric of Magdeburg → language → Middle Low German ⓘ
Polabian language → influencedBy → Middle Low German ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Low German language
Middle Low Saxon → alsoKnownAs → Middle Low German ⓘ
Elbgermanisch → ancestralTo → Middle Low German ⓘ