Early Modern Dutch
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Early Modern Dutch is the transitional form of the Dutch language used roughly between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, during which its grammar, spelling, and vocabulary became more standardized and closer to modern Dutch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Early Modern Dutch canonical | 4 |
| Vroegmodern Nederlands | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T103802 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Early Modern Dutch Context triple: [Dutch, historicalStage, Early Modern Dutch]
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A.
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age was a 17th-century period when the Netherlands became a leading global power in trade, art, science, and finance, marked by prosperity and cultural flourishing.
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B.
Early Modern period
The Early Modern period was a transformative era from roughly the late 15th to the late 18th century marked by global exploration, the rise of powerful nation-states, religious upheavals, and the beginnings of modern science and capitalism.
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C.
Dutch American
Dutch Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Dutch ancestry, historically known for their early settlement in New York and the Midwest and their cultural influence on American politics, religion, and community life.
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D.
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
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E.
Dutch settlers
Dutch settlers were European colonists from the Netherlands who established early permanent settlements and cultural influence in regions such as South Africa and parts of the Americas during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Early Modern Dutch Target entity description: Early Modern Dutch is the transitional form of the Dutch language used roughly between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, during which its grammar, spelling, and vocabulary became more standardized and closer to modern Dutch.
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A.
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age was a 17th-century period when the Netherlands became a leading global power in trade, art, science, and finance, marked by prosperity and cultural flourishing.
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B.
Early Modern period
The Early Modern period was a transformative era from roughly the late 15th to the late 18th century marked by global exploration, the rise of powerful nation-states, religious upheavals, and the beginnings of modern science and capitalism.
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C.
Dutch American
Dutch Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Dutch ancestry, historically known for their early settlement in New York and the Midwest and their cultural influence on American politics, religion, and community life.
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D.
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
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E.
Dutch settlers
Dutch settlers were European colonists from the Netherlands who established early permanent settlements and cultural influence in regions such as South Africa and parts of the Americas during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language stage
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stage of the Dutch language ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Dutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Dutch
|
| developedInRegion |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ Southern Netherlands ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
early modern Dutch literature
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legal documents of the Low Countries ⓘ religious pamphlets and sermons ⓘ |
| follows | Middle Dutch ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Early Modern Dutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Vroegmodern Nederlands
Vroegnieuwnederlands ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEnd | circa 1800 ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStart | circa 1500 ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
increasing standardization of grammar
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increasing standardization of spelling ⓘ increasing standardization of vocabulary ⓘ reduction of regional variation in written language ⓘ transition towards Modern Dutch phonology ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticChange |
changes in verb conjugation patterns
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lexical expansion through loanwords ⓘ simplification of case system ⓘ |
| hasSubsequentStandard |
Dutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Dutch
|
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| languageBranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Dutch language ⓘ |
| precedes |
Dutch
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Dutch
|
| spokenInHistoricalEntity |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Netherlands
|
| standardizationInfluencedBy |
Bible translations
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printing press ⓘ urban chancery practices ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity | Dutch-speaking population of the Low Countries ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
administration
ⓘ
literature ⓘ religious texts ⓘ science and scholarship ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ late Middle Ages ⓘ |
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Subject: Early Modern Dutch Description of subject: Early Modern Dutch is the transitional form of the Dutch language used roughly between the late Middle Ages and the 18th century, during which its grammar, spelling, and vocabulary became more standardized and closer to modern Dutch.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.