Middle High German

noun

1. the High German language of the period 1100–1500. MHG, M.H.G.

Middle High German

noun

1. MHG. High German from about 1200 to about 1500

Word History and Origins

Origin of Middle High German¹

First recorded in 1830–35

Example Sentences

The manuscript has been cast, for instance, as a Middle High German hygiene manual written in 'mirror writing' — the technique used by Leonardo da Vinci — and as a herbal manuscript in the Aztec language Nahuatl.

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But works like Mozart’s Requiem or Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” with its sections in Middle High German, sprang from the same cultural soil that gave birth to their texts.

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From using modern paints and tools to complete scribal work to learning Middle High German to perform the Bardic Arts in their native language, historical accuracy is measured on a personal level within the Barony.

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Of these, the first is much the finest poem of the entire cycle and worthy of a place beside the best popular poetry of the Middle High German epoch.

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An example of the mediaeval belief is found in the Middle High German Kudrun, written at the end of the twelfth century or the beginning of the thirteenth.

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