"Middle Dutch" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Middle Dutch}} Middle Dutch
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Middle Dutch Categories (topical): Languages Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Middle Dutch terms Translations (the Middle Dutch language): Middelnederlands (Afrikaans), Middelnederlands [neuter] (Dutch), Diets [neuter] (Dutch), keskihollanti (Finnish), moyen néerlandais [masculine] (French), საშუალო ნიდერლანდული (sašualo niderlanduli) (Georgian), საშუალო ნიდერლანდული ენა (sašualo niderlanduli ena) (Georgian), Mittelniederländisch [neuter] (German), miðhollenska [feminine] (Icelandic), olandese medio [masculine] (Italian), holandês médio [masculine] (Portuguese), medelnederländska [common-gender] (Swedish), Middelnederlands (West Flemish), Midnederlânsk (West Frisian)

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