Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Dutch language from the middle of the 1100s through the 1400s.
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- proper noun Collective name for a number of closely related West
Germanic dialects (whose ancestor wasOld 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.
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Examples
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To the Middle Dutch maken, French-speakers had added their telltale suffix -age, and the rest of the word captured how people pronounced that mix of borrowed verb and native ending.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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To the Middle Dutch maken, French-speakers had added their telltale suffix -age, and the rest of the word captured how people pronounced that mix of borrowed verb and native ending.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The secular music, which includes songs in Middle Dutch and textless pieces, is generally of less importance.
Archive 2009-05-01 Lu 2009
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Thom. 44-45 drew on a harmonization of Matthew and Luke as reflected in the Diatessaron, where judging by the witness of Ephraim and the western witness of the Middle Dutch harmony, the words of Matthew 12.32-35 seem to have attached themselves precisely at this point of the Sermon on the Mount.
Thomas: The Other Gospel of Judas James F. McGrath 2007
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In fact, the origin of the name gin is genever from Middle Dutch and literally means juniper.
Fettuccini Carbonara 2005
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In fact, the origin of the name gin is genever from Middle Dutch and literally means juniper.
Juniper Berries 2005
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Her ancestors sang, in Middle Dutch, ic heb u liever dan en eversw-n, al waert van finen goude ghewracht, love incommensurate with gold, golden calf, even in this case golden swine.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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The Middle Dutch, the present Post-Office, stripped of its sacred furniture, was the abode of three thousand American prisoners.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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To make or obtain by scraping together hastily. schrabbelen, from Middle Dutch, frequentative of schrabben
Word of the Day 2010
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The "dumps" in that expression has since the 1500s referred to a state of sadness, and may derive from the Middle Dutch
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2010
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