Middle Dutch

Proper noun

Meaning

Middle Dutch

Collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects (whose ancestor was Old Dutch) which were spoken and written between 1150 and 1500 in the present-day Dutch-speaking area. There was at that time as yet no overarching standard language, but they were all mutually intelligible.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

This syllable occurs in the Middle Dutch vrac, "avaricious", and old Norwegian frakkr, "quick, bold", and means something like "brave, daring, courageous". Source: Internet

Later developments in Middle Dutch show that long vowels and diphthongs were not affected by umlaut in the more western dialects, including those in western Brabant and Holland that were most influential for standard Dutch. Source: Internet

The lengthening in open syllables in early Middle Dutch then lengthened and lowered this short /ʏ/ to long /øː/ (spelled eu) in some words. Source: Internet

The OE word apprears derived from Middle Dutch quene ("old woman"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ ("woman"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn ("woman"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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