English Dictionary

Middle Dutch

固有名詞

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.

日本語の意味

中期オランダ語：1150年から1500年にかけて現在のオランダ語圏で話され、書かれた、古オランダ語を祖とする近縁の西ゲルマン方言群の総称。

The manuscript contained poems in Middle Dutch that revealed regional variations across the Low Countries.

その写本には、1150年から1500年にかけて現在のオランダ語圏で話され・書かれた、古オランダ語を祖とする密接に関連した複数の西ゲルマン語方言の総称である言語で書かれた詩が収められており、低地諸国における地域差を示していた。

意味（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.

(3) West Germanic, which is composed of:— … (d) Low Franconian, called Old Low Franconian or Old Dutch until about 1200; Middle Low Franconian or Middle Dutch from 1200 to 1500; from 1500 onwards New Low Franconian, including Dutch, Flemish, Brabantish, and Limburgish.