Middle Dutch

English

Proper noun

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.

Translations

the Middle Dutch language

Afrikaans: Middelnederlands (af)
Dutch: Middelnederlands (nl) n
French: moyen néerlandais (fr) m
German: Mittelniederländisch (de) n
Icelandic: miðhollenska f

Italian: olandese medio m
Portuguese: holandês médio m
Swedish: medelnederländska (sv) c
West Flemish: Middelnederlands
West Frisian: Midnederlânsk

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Middle Dutch terms

Further reading

ISO 639-3 code dum (SIL)

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