From the 14th to the 16th centuries, Middle Low German as spoken in the towns of the Hanseatic League was the established language, but was subsequently succeeded by High German as official language in the course of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Od 14. do 16. stoljeća, srednji niski njemački je bio etabliran na kao govorni jezik u gradovima Hanze, ali ga je kasnije naslijedio visoki njemački kao službeni jezik tijekom 16. i 17. stoljeća.