German words first recorded in the 7th century

It is inherited from Middle High German abe, inherited from Old High German aba, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ab, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away from, off”). The final vowel of the…

It is inherited from Middle High German ābent, inherited from Old High German āband, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German aber, inherited from Old High German avur, inherited from Proto-Germanic *aferą (“behind, later”). The Old High German forms in ⟨-ar⟩, such as afar, and those…

It is inherited from Middle High German aht, inherited from Old High German ahto, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu (“eight”). The number is found in…

It is inherited from Middle High German al, inherited from Old High German al, inherited from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all, whole”). The same word is Old Saxon al, Old English eall, Old Norse allr…

It is inherited from Middle High German alsō, from Old High German al (“entirely”) + sō (“so”), so that it first meant “entirely so, just so”. It continues Proto-West Germanic *allswā. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German alt, inherited from Old High German alt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ald, inherited from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up, old”). The same word is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German angest, inherited from Old High German angust, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *angusti-. The word is limited to German, Dutch and Frisian: Middle Low…

It is inherited from Middle High German antwürte, inherited from Old High German antwurti, inherited from Proto-Germanic *andawurdiją (“answer, counter-word”). It is a collective formation from the…

It is inherited from Middle High German arebeit, inherited from Old High German arabeit, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *arbaiþi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“toil, hardship”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German ouch, inherited from Old High German ouh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *auk. The same particle is Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk, “for, but, also”), Old Norse auk, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German ūf, inherited from Old High German ūf, inherited from Proto-Germanic *upp. The same word is Old Saxon up, Old English up, Old Frisian up and Old Norse upp…

It is inherited from Middle High German ūzer, inherited from Old High German ūzar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ūtar (“outside, out of”). The same word is Old Saxon ūtar, Old Norse útar, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German bat, inherited from Old High German bad, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”). The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German bū, inherited from Old High German bū (“dwelling”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *būą (“building, dwelling”). The same noun is Old Saxon bū, Old English bū…

It is inherited from Middle High German būwen, inherited from Old High German būan (also būwan), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *būan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell”). The same…

1. The birdcage is inherited from Middle High German būr, inherited from Old High German būr (“house, chamber”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“dwelling, chamber”). The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German boum, inherited from Old High German boum, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *baum (“tree, beam”). It took the place of the old word for “tree” that survives…

It is inherited from Middle High German beginnen, inherited from Old High German biginnan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), formed…

It is inherited from Middle High German beide, inherited from Old High German beide, from a group of Proto-Germanic *bai (“both”) and the demonstrative pronoun that became the definite article. Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German belegen, inherited from Old High German bileggen (“to cover, surround”), formed from Old High German bi- + leggen (“to lay”). The base verb is the causative…

It is inherited from Middle High German besetzen, inherited from Old High German bisezzen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną (“to set around; to…

It is inherited from Middle High German besitzen, inherited from Old High German bisizzen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bisittjan (“to sit by, near”), inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German beziehen, inherited from Old High German biziohan (“to tie up, cover over, take away”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biteuhan, a prefixed form of…

It is inherited from Middle High German bilde, inherited from Old High German bilidi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biliþi. Early Upper German also had biladi and bilodi; the form with -idi…

It is inherited from Middle High German bilden, inherited from Old High German bilidōn (“to copy a given shape”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biliþōn, with which the older Old High German…

It is inherited from Middle High German bitten, inherited from Old High German bitten (“to ask, beg, pray”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to…

It is inherited from Middle High German belīben, inherited from Old High German bilīban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), a verb formed with the prefix *bi- on a simple strong…

It is inherited from Middle High German brëchen, inherited from Old High German brehhan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). The same strong verb is Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan), Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German breit, inherited from Old High German breit, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *braid, inherited from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad, wide”). The same word…

It is inherited from Middle High German buoch, inherited from Old High German buoh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōks. The same word is Old Saxon bōk, Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, Old Norse…

The modern word continues a local adverb, inherited from Middle High German dā, also dār, inherited from Old High German dār, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þǣr (“there”). The same adverb is…

It is inherited from Middle High German danne, inherited from Old High German danna, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Like Old Frisian thana and Old English þonne, it is the time adverb…

It is inherited from Middle High German daz, inherited from Old High German daz, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þat (“that”), and is historically the same word as the neuter nominative singular of…

It is inherited from Middle High German denken, inherited from Old High German denken, also thenken, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to…

It is inherited from Middle High German denne, inherited from Old High German denne, the umlauted variant of danne, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þan. Until the 18th century it did not differ…

It is inherited from Middle High German der, inherited from Old High German der, a reshaping of an old demonstrative pronoun built on the stem Proto-Indo-European *to-. Most forms of the paradigm…

It is inherited from Middle High German dienest, inherited from Old High German dionōst, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz (“service”), an abstract noun formed with a suffix in -st from the…

It is inherited from Middle High German diser, inherited from Old High German desēr, feminine desiu, neuter diz. The same formation is Old Saxon these (feminine thius), Old Frisian this and Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German dinc, inherited from Old High German thing, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þing, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þingą (“assembly; appointed time”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German dræjen, inherited from Old High German drāen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. It continues an old strong…

It is inherited from Middle High German drī, inherited from Old High German drī, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes…

It is inherited from Middle High German dritte, inherited from Old High German dritto, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þridjô (“third”), the ordinal number of drei. The same word is Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰…

It is inherited from Middle High German drōn, inherited from Old High German drouwen (“to threaten, rebuke”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrawjan (“to threaten”). The modern form goes back…

It is inherited from Middle High German durch, inherited from Old High German duruh, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þur-h-, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurhw. The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German ē, inherited from Old High German ēr (“earlier, before”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *airiz (“earlier”), the adverb of an old comparative. The same adverb…

1. The numeral and article is inherited from Middle High German ein, inherited from Old High German ein, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”). The same word is Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains), Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle High German eltern, inherited from Old High German eltiron, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aldizōn-, the plural of the comparative of alt used as a noun: “the older…

It is inherited from Middle High German ende, inherited from Old High German enti, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *andī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German enden, inherited from Old High German entōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *andijōn, a verb formed from the noun Ende. The same verb is Old Saxon endion…

It is inherited from Middle High German ër, inherited from Old High German ër, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *iʀ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *iz. The same pronoun is Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is). Kluge…

It is inherited from Middle High German ergëben, inherited from Old High German irgeban (“to give up, hand over”), formed with the prefix er- from geben. Wiktionary traces it to Proto-West Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German ersetzen, inherited from Old High German irsezzen (“to restore, replace”), with the prefix ir- (er-) and setzen. Corresponding prefixed verbs are Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German ērste, inherited from Old High German ērist, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *airista- (“first, earliest”). The same word is Old Saxon ērist, Old English…

It is inherited from Middle High German ērest, inherited from Old High German ēristo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *airist (“earliest, first”). The same word is Old Saxon ērist, Middle Low…

It is inherited from Middle High German etewaʒ, inherited from Old High German eddeshwaz, the neuter of a lost pronoun eddeshwer (“someone”). The second part is the interrogative was; the first is a…

It is inherited from Middle High German vart, inherited from Old High German fart, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”), a noun in ⟨*-ti-⟩…

It is inherited from Middle High German varwe, inherited from Old High German farawa, inherited from Proto-Germanic *farwō. The same word is Middle Low German varwe, Middle Dutch varwe and Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle High German velt, inherited from Old High German feld, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *felþu (“field”). The same word is Old Saxon feld, Old English feld and Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German veste, inherited from Old High German festi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fast, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, fixed”). Old High German…