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Middle Danish

Middle Danish proper noun: the Danish language as spoken from the 12th to 15th centuries.

Proper noun

Middle Danish

  1. The Danish language as spoken from the 12th to 15th centuries.
    • The history of the Danish language falls into three major periods: Old Danish (c. 800—c.1100), corresponding roughly to the Viking Age; Middle Danish (c.1100— c.1525), corresponding to the Middle Ages; and Modern Danish (after c.1525), the period after the Reformation and up to modern times.2013, Ekkehard Konig, Johan van der Auwera, The Germanic Languages, Routledge, →ISBN, page 6
    • Historically, the Danish language may be divided into three periods: Old Danish (c. 800–1100) spans the Viking Age, Middle Danish (c. 1100–1500) was the language of the late Middle Ages, and Modern Danish covers the time from around the Reformation (and the first translation of the Bible) to the...2010, Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 279

Questions about Middle Danish

What does Middle Danish mean?
Middle Danish means the Danish language as spoken from the 12th to 15th centuries.
What part of speech is Middle Danish?
Middle Danish is a proper noun.

Words near Middle Danish in the dictionary

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  2. Middle Cove
  3. Middle Creek
  4. middle Cs
  5. Middle Czech
  6. Middle Danish
  7. middle day
  8. middle distance
  9. middle distances
  10. middle dot
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