The term "High German" as spoken in central and southern Germany (Upper Saxony, Franconia, Swabia, Bavaria) and Austria was first documented in the 15th century. Gradually driving back …
New High German is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language, starting in the 17th century. It is a loan translation of the German Neuhochdeutsch. …
There are three main periods in the history of the German language: 1. Old German (c. 750 – c. 1050); 2. Middle German (c.1050 – c.1500); 3. Modern German (c.1500 to the present). In the …
The recorded history of Germanic languages begins with their speakers’ first contact with the Romans, in the 1st century bce. At that time and for several centuries thereafter, there was …
It can be considered an early new high German. In Southern Germany, the official language was upper German. The German language spoken in the high mountains was the most admired of …
New High German (1600 to 1800) The French Influence. Despite the progress made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to develop and maintain a Nationalsprache (national …
From the 14th century onward, written texts began to be recorded in German, rather than Latin. 2. Martin Luther’s achievements to create a “common German” The first major turning point in …
Subsequently, Old English developed into Middle English (1150–1500 AD) and then Modern English (1500 AD-Present), while Old High German went through several stages of …
Then, There Was Diutisc: Old High German (600-1050 CE) The actual history of the German language began around the time of the Germanic migration and the spread of Christianity …
When Did Modern German Start? Wilhelm Scherer, a German philologist, dated the Early New High German (ENHG) period from 1350–1650, which ended with the Thirty Years’ War in the …