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New High German (NHG) is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
. It is a translation of the German Neuhochdeutsch (Nhd). It includes all of the modern High German dialects
High German languages

The High German languages are any of the variety of German language, Luxembourgish language and Yiddish language, as well as the local German dialects spoken in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg and in neighbouring portions of Belgium, France , Italy, and Poland....
 since the Baroque period, but is often used as a synonym for Standard German
Standard German

Standard German is the standard language of the German language used as a written language, in formal contexts, and for communication between different dialect areas....
.

The German term was originally coined in 1848 by Jakob Grimm for the period from 1500 to the present day, following on from Middle High German
Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German....
 (Mittelhochdeutsch).






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New High German (NHG) is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
. It is a translation of the German Neuhochdeutsch (Nhd). It includes all of the modern High German dialects
High German languages

The High German languages are any of the variety of German language, Luxembourgish language and Yiddish language, as well as the local German dialects spoken in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg and in neighbouring portions of Belgium, France , Italy, and Poland....
 since the Baroque period, but is often used as a synonym for Standard German
Standard German

Standard German is the standard language of the German language used as a written language, in formal contexts, and for communication between different dialect areas....
.

The German term was originally coined in 1848 by Jakob Grimm for the period from 1500 to the present day, following on from Middle High German
Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German....
 (Mittelhochdeutsch). However, Wilhelm Scherer
Wilhelm Scherer

Wilhelm Scherer , Germany philologist and historian of literature, was born at Sch?nborn in Lower Austria....
 redefined it as the period from 1650, introducing a new term Frühneuhochdeutsch (Early New High German
Early New High German

Early New High German is a term for the period in the history of the German language, generally defined, following Wilhelm Scherer, as the period 1350 to 1650....
) for the period 1350-1650, and this is the most widely adopted periodisation of German. In this sense, the beginning of New High German is marked by the "first German novel
Novel

File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
", Grimmelshausen
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen was a Germany author.Grimmelshausen was born at Gelnhausen. At the age of ten he was kidnapped by Hesse soldiery, and in their midst tasted the adventures of military life in the Thirty Years' War....
's Simplicius Simplicissimus.

The New High German period is characterised by the codification of German grammar
Grammar

Grammar is the field of linguistics that covers the conventions governing the use of any given natural language. It includes morphology and syntax, often complemented by phonetics, phonology, semantics, and pragmatics....
 and the development of a standard language in both writing and speech. Unlike earlier periods, there have been few major changes in phonology
Phonology

Phonology is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use. Just as a language has syntax and vocabulary, it also has a phonology in the sense of a sound system....
 or morphology
Morphology (linguistics)

Morphology is the identification, analysis and description of structure of words . While words are generally accepted as being the smallest units of syntax, it is clear that in most languages, words can be related to other words by rules....
. Rather, the standard language has selected particular features and these choices have then exerted an influence on individual German dialects.

See also

  • German literature of the Baroque period


Sources

Jakob Grimm Deutsches Wörterbuch
Deutsches Wörterbuch

The Deutsches W?rterbuch is one of the most important Etymology dictionary of the German language. The title, translated into English language, means "German Dictionary"....
:

Jakob Grimm, Geschichte der deutschen Sprache (Leipzig 1848)

Wilhelm Scherer
Wilhelm Scherer

Wilhelm Scherer , Germany philologist and historian of literature, was born at Sch?nborn in Lower Austria....
, Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache (Berlin 1868)

C.J.Wells, German. A Linguistic History to 1945 Oxford 1987. ISBN 0-19-815809-2