Phrase guide

Middle High German

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Concerning the Middle High German language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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name

Meaning 2

An ancestor to the modern (High) German language, 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 in a broad sense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

High German from 1100 to 1500

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: German, High German, German language

History

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: středohornoněmecký — Middle High German
  • Danish: middelhøjtysk — Middle High German
  • Dutch: Middelhoogduits — Middle High German
  • Georgian: საშუალო ზემოგერმანული (sašualo zemogermanuli) — Middle High German
  • German: mittelhochdeutsch — Middle High German
  • Hungarian: középfelnémet — Middle High German
  • Norwegian Bokmål: middelhøytysk — Middle High German
  • Polish: średnio-wysoko-niemiecki — Middle High German
  • Catalan: alt alemany mitjà — Middle High German
  • Czech: střední horní němčina — Middle High German
  • Czech: středohornoněmčina — Middle High German
  • Dutch: Middelhoogduits — Middle High German
  • Finnish: keskiyläsaksa — Middle High German
  • French: moyen haut-allemand — Middle High German
  • West-Frisian: Midheechdútsk — Middle High German
  • Galician: alto alemán medio — Middle High German
  • Georgian: საშუალო ზემოგერმანული ენა (sašualo zemogermanuli ena) — Middle High German
  • German: Mittelhochdeutsch — Middle High German
  • Middle High German: diutsch — Middle High German
  • Icelandic: miðháþýska — Middle High German
  • Irish: Meán-Ard-Ghearmáinis — Middle High German
  • Italian: medio alto tedesco — Middle High German
  • Italian: alto tedesco medio — Middle High German
  • Norwegian Bokmål: middelhøytysk — Middle High German
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mellomhøgtysk — Middle High German
  • Polish: język średnio-wysoko-niemiecki — Middle High German
  • Portuguese: alto-alemão médio — Middle High German
  • Romanian: germană medie de sus — Middle High German
  • Russian: средневерхненеме́цкий (sredneverxneneméckij) — Middle High German
  • Spanish: alto alemán medio — Middle High German
  • Swedish: medelhögtyska — Middle High German
  • Turkish: Orta Yüksek Almanca — Middle High German
  • Yiddish: מיטלהויכדײַטש (mitlhoykhdaytsh) — Middle High German