LatinGerman
LatinGerman is a scholarly term used to describe the historical blending of Latin and German within the German-speaking world. It denotes the phenomenon by which Latin served as the lingua franca in law, theology, science, and education from late antiquity through the Middle Ages, while German dialects and early standard German absorbed Latin vocabulary, expressions, and stylistic devices.
In texts from universities, monasteries, and courts, Latin and German were frequently interwoven. Scholarly works often
Linguistic features commonly associated with LatinGerman include a predominance of Latin loanwords, frequent calques, and a
In modern German, Latin remains influential in academic, legal, medical, and religious vocabularies, and the term
See also Latin language; German language; Latinate German; Neo-Latin.