German words first recorded in the 10th century

It is inherited from Middle High German bediuten, inherited from Old High German bidiuten (“to express, signify”), formed from German be- + deuten. The same formation is Middle Low German bedǖden…

It is inherited from Middle High German als, a weakened form of one syllable from alse, inherited from Old High German alsō (“just so”); the full form survives as also. The Old High German word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German begrüezen, inherited from Old High German bigruozen (“to greet, address”), formed from Old High German bi- + gruozen, the prefix be- added to grüßen…

It is inherited from Middle High German berihten, inherited from Old High German birihten (“to make right, improve”), formed from richten with the prefix be-. It first meant “to make right…

It is inherited from Middle High German bestān, inherited from Old High German bistān, formed from Old High German bi- + stān, the Old High German form of stehen. Wiktionary sets up Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German besuoch, inherited from Old High German bisuoh (“temptation”), the noun of the verb besuchen. The Duden dictionary instead treats the modern noun as a…

It is inherited from Middle High German besuochen, inherited from Old High German bisuohhen (“to examine, try, inquire”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bisōkijan, formed from German be- +…

It is inherited from Middle High German bunt, a noun of the zero grade of binden, first meaning “something bound” or “something that binds”. The word is limited to German and Dutch: Middle Low…

It is inherited from Middle High German dâdurch, inherited from Old High German dārduruh, formed from German da + durch. The same compound is Middle Dutch daerdore and Dutch daardoor, and the…

It is inherited from Middle High German dargegen, inherited from Old High German daragagan (“against it, on the other hand”), a compound of dara (“there, thither”) and gagan (“against, towards”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German danāch or darnāch, inherited from Old High German daranāh, a compound of the adverb dara (“there, thither”) and the preposition nāh (“after”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German donerstac, inherited from Old High German donarestag, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a loan translation from Latin…

It is inherited from Middle High German druc, inherited from Old High German thruc (“pressure”), a noun formed from the verb drücken. That verb is Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German erliutern, inherited from Old High German irliuteren, a prefixed verb formed from German er- + läutern. Kluge places it with lauter “pure, clear”, in the same…

It is inherited from Middle High German erreichen (“to reach by stretching out, hit, grasp”), inherited from Old High German irreihhen (“to reach, catch up”), formed from Old High German ir- +…

It is inherited from Middle High German erwarten, inherited from Old High German irwartēn (“to look at, inspect”), formed from Old High German ir- + wartēn; the base is the verb now warten. It…

It is inherited from Middle High German etewā, contracted etwā, inherited from Old High German eddeshwār (“somewhere”), from Old High German eddes- + hwār (“where”). The second part is the adverb…

1. The adjective for numbers is inherited from Middle High German gerat, inherited from Old High German girad (“even (of numbers)”). It belongs with Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉 (raþjō, “number, account”) and…

1. The court is inherited from Middle High German geriht, inherited from Old High German girihti (“judgement, rule, statute”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *garihtiją (“justness, justice”). Kluge…

It is inherited from Middle High German geschehen, inherited from Old High German giskehan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gaskehan, a prefixed form of the West Germanic strong verb *skehan…

It is inherited from Middle High German geschiht, inherited from Old High German giskiht (“event, chance”), an abstract noun with a /t/ suffix formed from the verb that is now geschehen, so that it…

It is inherited from Middle High German grāt, inherited from Old High German grād (“step, rank”), borrowed from Latin gradus (“step, stage, degree, rank”), borrowed about 1000, a noun of gradior…

It is inherited from Middle High German gründen, inherited from Old High German grunten (“to fathom, explore”), a verb formed from the noun grunt (“ground, bottom”), the ancestor of Grund. The…

It is inherited from Middle High German heimuote (also heimōte), inherited from Old High German heimōti, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haimōdī (“homeland”), a word found only in German. It is…

It is inherited from Middle High German innerhalp, inherited from Old High German innerūnhalp, also ininhalb and innanhalb, literally “on the inner side”. The phrase joins an inflected form of the…

It is inherited from Middle High German jærlich, inherited from Old High German jārlīh, from Old High German jār (“year”) + -līh. Old High German also had the adverb jārlīhhēn (“yearly”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German iedoch, inherited from Old High German iodoh, from Old High German io (“ever, always”) + doh (“yet, though”), the forerunners of je and doch. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German iezuo (“just now, presently”), inherited from Old High German iozuo (“at once; further”), formed from Old High German io (“ever, always”) + zuo (“to”), that…

It is inherited from Middle High German kampf, inherited from Old High German kampf (“single combat, duel”), borrowed from Latin campus (“field, battlefield”). Pfeifer and the EWA date the borrowing…

It is inherited from Middle High German leben, inherited from Old High German lebēn (“life, way of life”), the infinitive of the verb leben used as a noun. In the older language the word for “life”…

It is inherited from Middle High German linie, borrowed from Latin līnea (“linen thread, string; line”), the noun use of the feminine of līneus (“of flax, linen”), from līnum (“flax; thread”). In…

1. The noun meaning “time” is inherited from Middle High German māl, inherited from Old High German māl (“point in time”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *māl, inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German meinunge, inherited from Old High German meinunga, formed with the suffix -unga from the verb meinen, modern meinen. The same formation is found in Middle Low…

It is inherited from Middle High German mittewoche, inherited from Old High German mittawehha, a compound from Old High German mitti (“middle”) + wehha (“week”), that is “the middle of the week”. It…

It is inherited from Middle High German mōntac, inherited from Old High German mānetag, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Mānini dag (“day of the moon”), a loan translation from Latin diēs Lūnae…

It is inherited from Middle High German müller, inherited from Old High German mulināri, borrowed from Late Latin molīnārius (“miller”), borrowed in the 11th century. The Latin noun belongs to…

It is inherited from Middle High German natiurlich, inherited from Old High German natūrlīh, formed from Old High German natūra + -līh in Old High German, the base being the noun that became Natur…

It is inherited from Middle High German neben, inherited from Old High German neben, shortened from Middle High German eneben and Old High German ineben. That form grew out of the phrase Old High…

It is inherited from Middle High German november, borrowed from Latin November, the Roman name of the month, a derivative of novem (“nine”). It was so called as the ninth month of the old Roman…

It is inherited from Middle High German nūr, a Central German form, contracted from older newære, inherited from Old High German niwāri, literally “it were not”. The Old High German phrase joins the…

It is inherited from Middle High German ōsten, inherited from Old High German ōstan, a noun made from the adverb of direction ōstana (“from the east”). The adverb is matched by Old Saxon ōstana…

It is inherited from Middle High German quelle, inherited from Old High German quella (“spring”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). The same word is Old Saxon quella…

It is inherited from Middle High German rame (“support, frame”), inherited from Old High German rama (“support, column”). Related forms are Old Saxon hrama (“rack for torture”), Middle Low German…

It is inherited from Middle High German rechenen, inherited from Old High German rehhanōn (“to order, prepare”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn. The same West Germanic verb is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German rīhe (“row, line, narrow passage”), inherited from Old High German *rīha, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *rīhu. Beside it, with grammatical change of /h/…

It is inherited from Middle High German rihtec, inherited from Old High German rihtīg, formed with the suffix -ig. Since the adjective first meant “straight, aligned by the plumb line”, Kluge and…

It is inherited from Middle High German sprechære, inherited from Old High German sprehhāri (“speaker, orator, preacher”), an agent noun of the verb sprehhan, the ancestor of sprechen. It replaced…

It is inherited from Middle High German tœten (also tœden), inherited from Old High German tōden, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *daudijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *daudijaną (“to make…

It is inherited from Middle High German übernemen, inherited from Old High German ubarneman (“to overcome”), formed from Old High German ubar (“over”) + neman (“to take”), in today's terms über and…

It is inherited from Middle High German underwegen, inherited from Old High German untar wegun, a phrase of unter “between, among” and the dative plural of Weg “way”, literally “between the ways, on…

It is inherited from Middle High German verbinden, inherited from Old High German firbintan (“to bind up, bandage”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan, made of the prefix ver- and…

It is inherited from Middle High German verdienen, inherited from Old High German firdionōn, a formation with the prefix ver- on dienen “to serve”. Wiktionary takes it as a calque of Latin dēserviō…

It is inherited from Middle High German warumbe, inherited from Old High German wārumbi, formed from Old High German wār (“where”) + umbi (“around, about”): the adverbs that became wo and um. The…

It is inherited from Middle High German wîle, shortened from die wîle, inherited from Old High German thiu wīla sō (“as long as”): an accusative of time of the noun that is today Weile, literally…