Early New High German

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Early New High German is a historical stage of the German language, spoken roughly between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, that served as a transitional phase between Middle High German and modern standard German.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical stage of the German language ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
associatedWith Luther Bible ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
characterizedBy increasing written standardization ⓘ
morphological simplification ⓘ
phonological changes from Middle High German ⓘ
regional variation in orthography ⓘ
developedInto Modern Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German

New High German ⓘ
endTime circa 1650 ⓘ
follows Middle High German ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Frühneuhochdeutsch ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith Central German dialects ⓘ
Upper German dialects ⓘ
linked to: Upper German
hasFeature changes in case endings ⓘ
emergence of supraregional written norms ⓘ
increasing use of periphrastic verb forms ⓘ
transition of vowel system toward modern German ⓘ
variation between Upper and Central German forms ⓘ
influenced Modern German orthography ⓘ
Modern German phonology ⓘ
influencedBy Middle High German ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
languageCodeStatus has no separate ISO 639-1 code ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
languageGroup High German languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf history of the German language ⓘ
precedes Modern High German ⓘ
linked to: New High German

Modern Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
region German-speaking areas north and south of the Alps ⓘ
spokenIn German-speaking Central Europe ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
standardizationMilestone Luther Bible translation (16th century) ⓘ
linked to: Luther Bible
startTime circa 1350 ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline German philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf High German ⓘ
timeDepth approximately 300 years ⓘ
usedFor administrative writing ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedInPeriod early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (34)

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

New High German → follows → Early New High German ⓘ
Theuerdank → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Constitutio Criminalis Carolina → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Banat Swabian dialect → hasAncestor → Early New High German ⓘ
Luther family → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Early New High German → hasAlternativeName → Frühneuhochdeutsch ⓘ
linked to: Early New High German
Stuttgart → language → Early New High German (Swabian dialect) ⓘ
linked to: Early New High German
Anna Adlischweiler → languageOfEnvironment → Early New High German ⓘ
Württemberg-Bernstadt → historicalLanguageContext → Early New High German ⓘ
Aurora → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Twelve Articles → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Zwölf Artikel → originalLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Imperial ban against Frederick V → languageOfRecord → Early New High German ⓘ
Augenspiegel → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Saxe-Merseburg → usedLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Vroegnieuwhoogduits → hasAlternativeName → Frühneuhochdeutsch ⓘ
linked to: Early New High German
Vroegnieuwhoogduits → hasAlternativeName → Early New High German ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Speyer → hasLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Deutsche Grammatik → timePeriodDescribed → Early New High German ⓘ
Green King → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Grubenhagen line → usedLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Herzog von Österreich → associatedLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Carolina → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Heilbronn → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Giengen → hasLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt → language → Early New High German ⓘ
Justus Georg Schottel → writingLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Befiehl du deine Wege → originalTextLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → commonLanguage → Early New High German ⓘ
Luther’s 1520 reforming writings → language → Early New High German ⓘ