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| PF3801-3991 | Old High German |
| PF3992-4010 | Old Saxon |
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| PF4501-4596 | Early Modern German |
| PF5000-5951 | Dialects. Provincialism, etc. |
| PF5971-5999 | Slang. Argot, etc. |
| PT1-4897 | German literature |
| PT1-80 | Literary history and criticism |
| PT83-873 | History of German literature |
| PT175-230 | Medieval |
| PT236-405 | Modern |
| PT500-597 | Poetry |
| PT605-709 | Drama |
| PT711-871 | Prose |
| PT881-951 | Folk literature |
| PT923-937 | Faust legend |
| PT1100-1479 | Collections |
| PT1151-1241 | Poetry |
| PT1251-1299 | Drama |
| PT1301-1360 | Prose |
| PT1371-1374 | Early to 1950. Old and Middle High German |
| PT1375-1479 | Middle High German |
| PT1501-2688 | Individual authors or works |
| PT1501-1695 | Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500 |
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| PT1799-2592 | 1700-ca. 1860/70 |
| PT1891-2239 | Goethe |
| PT1891-2017 | Works |
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| PT2044-2239 | Biography and criticism |
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| PT2700-2728 | 2001- |
| PT3701-3971 | Provincial, local, colonial, etc. |
| PT3701-3746 | East Germany |
| PT4801-4897 | Low German literature |