Early New High German
"early-new-high-german" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Early New High German” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-early-new-high-german · Early New High German · English
Early New High German · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Early New High German |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Early New High German” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Early New High German is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Early New High German, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Early New High German, spelled E-A-R-L-Y- -N-E-W- -H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Early New High German appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… Middle High German c1050–1350 nëment … Transition period c1350–1500 nemen / nement … Early New High German c1500–1650 nemen … …
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.