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 Early New High German
linked to: New High German

Modern German
linked to: New High German
era High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
follows Old High German
glottoStatus treated as historical variety of German
hasDialectGroup Central German
Upper German
hasNotableWork Minnesang lyric poetry
Nibelungenlied
Parzival
linked to: Perceval

Tristan
hasStandardReference Middle High German dictionaries
Middle High German grammars
influenced Early New High German
linked to: 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 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 Early New High German
linked to: New High German
region central German-speaking areas
southern German-speaking areas
studiedIn German philology
historical linguistics
subgroupOf High German languages
linked to: High German
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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German historicalStage Middle High German
West Germanic languages includesLanguage Middle High German
Morgenstern hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Adolf of Nassau language Middle High German
Krafft isDerivedFrom Middle High German
Hohenstaufen dynasty language Middle High German
High German hasHistoricalStage Middle High German
Upper German historicalDevelopmentFrom Middle High German
New High German follows Middle High German
Anna of Bavaria languageOfUse Middle High German
Elizabeth of Pomerania languageOfUse Middle High German
Duchy of Austria language Middle High German
Duchy of Swabia languageUsed Middle High German
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor languageSpoken Middle High German
Teutonic Order language Middle High German
Central Bavarian developedFrom Middle High German
Wolfram von Eschenbach languageOfExpression Middle High German
subject linked to: Wolfram
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor language Middle High German
Elbe Germanic languages precedes Middle High German
Ich dien etymologyLanguage Middle High German
Ascanian dynasty language Middle High German
High German consonant shift affectsLanguage Middle High German
Zimmermann etymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Billung dynasty language Middle High German
Upper Franconian dialects historicalDevelopment influenced by Middle High German
linked to: Middle High German
Schlegel hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Kingdom of Germany languageUsed Middle High German
Palatine German developedFrom Middle High German
Carmina Burana language Middle High German
subject linked to: Orff Carmina Burana
Meier hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Bishopric of Mönchengladbach language Middle High German
Fleischer hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Bishopric of Zülpich hasLanguage Middle High German
Sir Tristan languageOfOriginalTradition Middle High German
Pied Piper of Hamelin languageOfOrigin Middle High German
Abbey of Hersfeld hasLanguage Middle High German
Supplinburg dynasty language Middle High German
Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen languageSpoken Middle High German
Albert of Cologne languageOfWorkOrName Middle High German
Snell hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
House of Jülich language Middle High German
Lower Lorraine hasLanguage Middle High German
Saur hasEtymologicalRoot Middle High German
Beck hasEtymologicalOrigin Middle High German
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor language Middle High German
Judith of Bavaria languageUsed Middle High German
Baldwin of Luxembourg languageOfWorkOrName Middle High German