Lutheran e
The Lutheran e (or Saxon e or heretical e ) is the last letter rejected in the south of the German-speaking area until the second half of the 18th century in the end of words such as feet, messenger, I do , etc. It was used in the Catholic countries Luther's translation of the Bible and therefore its use especially in the Jesuit schools denied.
The ending -e, inherited from old age and still existing according to the normalized Middle High German grammar , was no longer widely spoken in German at the end of the Middle Ages (and accordingly not written), i.e. H. apocopied . It was only held in the dialects in a narrow strip on the northern edge of the low mountain range . Luther as well as the Saxon office language spoke and wrote it.
While in most of the German-speaking area it is still not spoken in the dialects or in the colloquial language, its spelling ultimately prevailed due to orientation to Gottsched , but not for all words: The Duden leads z. B. in its 24th edition (2006) toe next toe , while door is only listed as scenic next to the communal German door.
literature
- Mechthild Habermann: The so-called "Lutheran e". To quarrel over a poor letter. In: Linguistics . Vol. 22, No. 4, 1997, pp. 435-477.
supporting documents
- ↑ Werner König : dtv-Atlas German language (= dtv. 3025). 14th, revised and updated edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-03025-9 , p. 101.
- ↑ Werner König: dtv-Atlas German language (= dtv. 3025). 14th, revised and updated edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-03025-9 , p. 159, distribution map müd (e) .