Middle Dutch

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Middle Dutch

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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. (3) West Germanic, which is composed of:— [...] (d) Low Franconian, called Old Low Franconian or Old Dutch until about 1200; Middle Low Franconian or Middle Dutch from 1200 to 1500; from 1500 onwards New Low Franconian, including Dutch, Flemish, Brabantish, and Limburgish.

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Português	holandês médio
Français	moyen néerlandais
Deutsch	Mittelniederländisch
Italiano	olandese medio

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@misc{middle_dutch_2026,
  title = {Middle Dutch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/middle%20dutch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}