Middle German

In linguistics, Middle German can refer to a few variants of the German language:

• Middle Low German (Mittelniederdeutsch), the northern dialects in the 11th-15th centuries
• Middle High German (Mittelhochdeutsch), the southern dialects in the same period
• Central German (Mitteldeutsch), the general term for dialects in Central Germany - the northernmost High German dialects.

See also:

• Central Germany (geography)
• Central Germany (cultural area)