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Sprachwandel — Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache

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Freie Universität Berlin Editors
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2026
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Freie Universität Berlin
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Weib → wīp

German → Middle High German · historical continuation

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Freie Universität Berlin places Middle High German WÎP before Early New High German WEYB and Modern German WEIB: the long vowel î diphthongizes to ei, while final devoicing remains pronounced but is no longer marked by p in modern spelling.
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Woman and wife senses continue while current usage becomes obsolete, jocular, ironic, discriminatory, or derogatory.
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Chronological sequence WĪB, WÎP, WEYB, WEIB; explanations of final devoicing and diphthongization

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wīp → wīb

Middle High German → Old High German · continuation

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Freie Universität Berlin orders Old High German WĪB before Middle High German WÎP and explains that word-final b was pronounced voiceless and represented as p in Middle High German spelling.
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The woman and wife field continues across the language stages.
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Duden Editors · Freie Universität Berlin Editors
WĪB → WÎP; explanation of Auslautverhärtung

Explains why Middle High German spelling marks the word-final voiceless pronunciation with p.

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