A Middle High German Primer Third Edition

The MHG. alphabet (Sec. 2). Pronunciation of the MHG. vowels (Sec. 3). Phonetic survey of the MHG. vowel-system (Sec. 4). The OHG. equivalents of the MHG. vowels (Sec. 5). The c...

Pronunciation of the consonants (Secs. 19-20). Phonetic survey of the MHG. consonants (Sec. 21). Characteristic differences between High German and the other West Germanic langu...

Introductory remarks (Sec. 41). A. The vocalic or strong declension:-- Masculine nouns (Secs. 42-5); Neuter nouns (Secs. 46-7); Feminine nouns (Secs. 48-9). B. The weak declensi...

Classification of MHG. verbs (Sec. 72). A. Strong verbs:-- The conjugation of the model strong verb {n[e:]men} (Secs. 73-4). Class I (Secs. 76-7). Class II (Secs. 78-80). Class...

I. Berthold von Regensburg 79-83 II. The Swabian Lantrehtbuoch 83-85 III. Hartman von Ouwe 86-116 IV. Walther von der Vogelweide 116-133 V. Reinmar 133-139 VI. Ulrich von Lichte...

Short vowels a, [a:], [e:], e, i, o, u, [o:], [u:]. Long " [a], [ae], [e], [i], [o], [u], [oe], iu. Diphthongs ei, ie, ou, uo, [o:]u (eu), [u:]e.

The MHG. consonant-system was represented by the following letters: b, c, ch, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, sch, t, v, w, (x), z, [z].

MHG. nouns have two numbers: singular and plural; three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter, as in OHG. and NHG., from which the gender of nouns in MHG. does not materially...

The MHG. adjectives are declined as strong or weak. They have three genders, and the same cases as nouns. The endings of the strong declension are partly nominal and partly pron...

Nom. [e:]r, _he_ [e:][z], _it, there_ si, s[i], siu, sie, _she_ Acc. in [e:][z] sie, si, s[i] Gen. ([e:]s) [e:]s ir(e) Dat. im(e) im(e) ir(e)

The MHG. verb has the following independent forms:--one voice (active), two numbers, three persons, two tenses (present and preterite), two complete moods (indicative and subjun...

{Accusative.} The accusative has much the same function as in NHG. It is sometimes used, however, where the dat. or a preposition would be required in NHG.:--{[e:]r vuor wa[zz]e...