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Middle_High_German

Middle High German

English

Proper noun

Middle High German

An ancestor of the modern German language, and was spoken from 1050 to about 1500. Some linguists prefer to use 1350 as the end of the Middle High German period, calling the period from 1350 to 1650 Early New High German.

Translations

Middle High German

Catalan: alt alemany mitjà m
Czech: střední horní němčina f, středohornoněmčina f
Dutch: Middelhoogduits (nl) n
Finnish: keskiyläsaksa
French: moyen haut-allemand (fr) m
German: Mittelhochdeutsch (de) n; mittelhochdeutsch (de) (adjective)
Icelandic: miðháþýska f
Irish: Meán-Ard-Ghearmáinis f
Italian: medio alto tedesco m, alto tedesco medio m
Middle High German: diutsch

Norwegian:

Bokmål: middelhøytysk m

Nynorsk: mellomhøgtysk
Portuguese: alto-alemão médio m
Russian: средневерхненеме́цкий (ru) m ‎(sredneverxneneméckij) (язы́к)
Spanish: alto alemán medio m
Swedish: medelhögtyska c
Turkish: Orta Yüksek Almanca (tr)
West Frisian: Midheechdútsk
Yiddish: מיטלהויכדײַטש n ‎(mitlhoykhdaytsh)

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Middle High German terms

External links

ISO 639-3 code gmh (SIL)