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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Early New High German canonical | 11 |
| Early New High German (Swabian dialect) | 1 |
| Frühneuhochdeutsch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2790486 — 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 New High German Context triple: [New High German, follows, Early New High German]
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A.
New High German
New High German is the modern form of the German language used from roughly the 17th century to the present, encompassing contemporary standard German and its major dialects.
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B.
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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C.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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D.
Middle Low German
Middle Low German is a historical West Germanic language used in northern Germany and surrounding regions during the late medieval period, notably serving as the lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
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E.
High German
High German is the group of Upper and Central German dialects that form the basis of Standard German and are spoken primarily in the southern and central highland regions of the German-speaking area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Early New High German Target entity description: 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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A.
New High German
New High German is the modern form of the German language used from roughly the 17th century to the present, encompassing contemporary standard German and its major dialects.
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B.
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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C.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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D.
Middle Low German
Middle Low German is a historical West Germanic language used in northern Germany and surrounding regions during the late medieval period, notably serving as the lingua franca of the Hanseatic League.
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E.
High German
High German is the group of Upper and Central German dialects that form the basis of Standard German and are spoken primarily in the southern and central highland regions of the German-speaking area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| 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 |
Standard German
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Standard German
New High German ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1650 ⓘ |
| follows | Middle High German ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Early New High German
ⓘ
surface form:
Frühneuhochdeutsch
|
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Central German languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central German dialects
Upper German ⓘ
surface form:
Upper German dialects
|
| 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 |
Amtliches Regelwerk der deutschen Rechtschreibung
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surface form:
Modern German orthography
Modern German phonology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Middle High German ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageCodeStatus | has no separate ISO 639-1 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| languageGroup | High German languages ⓘ |
| languageSubbranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the German language ⓘ |
| precedes |
New High German
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern High German
Standard German ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Standard German
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| region | German-speaking areas north and south of the Alps ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
German-speaking Central Europe
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| standardizationMilestone |
Luther Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Luther Bible translation (16th century)
|
| 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 alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
|
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Subject: Early New High German Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (13)
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