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Neidhart

Literary Character
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Medieval German poet who parodied courtly love with village settings

Detailed Definition
Neidhart’s songs contrast noble Minnesang with rustic humor, often depicting peasant women outwitting knights. In poetry, he appears as a satirist of chivalric ideals, symbolizing social inversion, the vitality of folk culture, and the comic subversion of aristocratic norms in medieval lyric.
Example
Example in poetry:
Neidhart’s songs construct the knight mocking village life, creating comic peasant characters; His “winter songs” contrast courtly and rustic love, giving social types poetic voice; Neidhart’s persona often uses irony to subvert Minnesang ideals; His work pioneers the satirical character in German lyric.
Additional Notes
Neidhart, a medieval German poet, parodied courtly love by setting knightly tropes in peasant contexts; his literary characters—village girls, brawling knights—satirize social pretension, making him essential for studying class and parody in lyric persona.
Also Known As
Neidhart von Reuental
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