Early New High German

proper noun

The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.

    … Middle High German c1050–1350 nëment … Transition period c1350–1500 nemen / nement … Early New High German c1500–1650 nemen … …

    2008, Kjartan Ottosson, The diffusion of systemic changes through the inflectional system: Evidence from person-number inflection in the Nordic languages and German, in: Thórhallur Eythórsson (ed.), Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory: The Rosendal papers (John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam/Philadelphia), p. 329ff., here p. 352 *

Translations

Finnish varhaisuusyläsaksa
  • varhaisuusyläsaksaform of German
German Frühneuhochdeutsch (as adjective: frühneuhochdeutsch)
  • Frühneuhochdeutsch (as adjective: frühneuhochdeutsch)form of German
Polish język wczesno-nowo-wysoko-niemiecki
  • język wczesno-nowo-wysoko-niemieckiform of German
Swedish äldre nyhögtyska
  • äldre nyhögtyskaform of German
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