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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Generate an image of Middle High German (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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Referenced by (193)

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

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 ⓘ