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    What are the differences between "High German," "Middle High German, : and Platt Deutsch ?"

    Question #126176. Asked by shimonbentzvi. (Jun 14 12 9:02 AM)


    Lascaux

    		Low German dialects are differentiated from High German dialects because they did not participate in the High German consonant shift.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_German#Low_German

    This shift began between the 3rd and 5th centuries and was pretty much complete by the time written records of High German began to appear. The shift involved, among other changes, voiceless plosives becoming fricatives or affricates and voiced plosives becoming voiceless.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift

    Jun 14 12, 10:29 AM
    author

    		By the way, Plattdeutsch is the same as Low German.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plattdeutsch

    Middle High German is the term for a German language used between 1050-1350.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_High_German

    Jun 14 12, 3:35 PM
    dippo

    		High German presumably means Hochdeutsch, which is the standard modern German language, as distinct from regional dialects (such as Plattdeutsch). Hochdeutsch is the variant taught to foreigners, and is considered the 'correct' version; rather like 'Oxford English'!

    As has been previously stated, Middle High German is an older form of the language, and does not really belong in a comparison between Hoch- and Plattdeutsch.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochdeutsch

    Jun 14 12, 3:49 PM
    bloomsby

    		The Low German counterpart to Middle High German is Middle Low German:

    'Middle Low German ... is a language that is the descendant of Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German. It served as the international lingua franca of the Hanseatic League. It was spoken from about 1100 to 1600'.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German

    Jun 14 12, 4:48 PM

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