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Teller (surname)
Teller is the name of: * Wilhelm Abraham Teller (1734–1804), a German Protestant theologian * Henry M. Teller (1830–1914), a US politician * Leopold Teller (1844–1908), a Hungarian actor * Charlotte Teller (1876–1953) * Edward Teller (1908, Budapest – 2003), a Hungarian-US nuclear physicist known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" * Ludwig Teller (1911, Manhattan – 1965), a US Naval lieutenant and political figure * Teller (magician) (born ''Raymond Joseph Teller'', in 1948, Philadelphia), a US magician, a member of the comedy and magic duo "Penn and Teller" * Janne Teller (born 1964), a Danish author * Juergen Teller (born 1964), a German photographer * Miles Teller (born 1987), an American actor * Wyatt Teller (born 1994), American football player See also *Teller (other) {{surname German-language surnames Germanic-language surnames Jewish surnames Yiddish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High German is defined as those varieties of German which were affected by the Second Sound Shift; the Middle Low German and Middle Dutch languages spoken to the North and North West, which did not participate in this sound change, are not part of MHG. While there is no ''standard'' MHG, the prestige of the Hohenstaufen court gave rise in the late 12th century to a supra-regional literary language (') based on Swabian, an Alemannic dialect. This historical interpretation is complicated by the tendency of modern editions of MHG texts to use ''normalised'' spellings based on this variety (usually called "Classical MHG"), which make the written language appear more consistent than it actually is in the manuscripts. Scholars are uncertain as to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
