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Early New High German

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.

Proper noun

Early New High German

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

Questions about Early New High German

What does Early New High German mean?
Early New High German means the form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.
What part of speech is Early New High German?
Early New High German is a proper noun.

Words near Early New High German in the dictionary

  1. Early Modern English
  2. Early Modern Irish
  3. Early Modern Korean
  4. Early Modern Latin
  5. Early New English
  6. Early New High German
  7. early night
  8. early nights
  9. early on
  10. early position
  11. Early Proto-Indo-European

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