German words first recorded in the 7th century

It is inherited from Middle High German vinden, inherited from Old High German findan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (“to find”). The same strong…

It is inherited from Middle High German vrāgen, inherited from Old High German frāgēn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frāgēn. The same verb is Old Saxon frāgon, Old Frisian frēgia and Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle High German Franke, inherited from Old High German Franko, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frankô. The same name is Old Saxon Franko, Middle Low German Vranke, Middle…

It is inherited from Middle High German vröude, inherited from Old High German frewida, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawiþō (“joy”). Kluge takes it as a pre-German abstract noun to the adjective…

It is inherited from Middle High German vriunt, inherited from Old High German friunt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *friund, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, relative”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German vür, inherited from Old High German furi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”). The same word is Old Saxon furi, Old Frisian fori, Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle High German vuoz, inherited from Old High German fuoz, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”). The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German gare (“ready, prepared; complete”), inherited from Old High German garo (“ready, prepared, equipped”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *garu, inherited…

It is inherited from Middle High German gëben, inherited from Old High German geban, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gebaną. The same strong verb is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German gevallen, inherited from Old High German gifallan (“to fall to, fall to one's share”), formed from German ge- + fallen. The same formation is Middle Low…

Its paradigm joins forms of unrelated verbs. The infinitive and present are inherited from Middle High German gān and gēn, inherited from Old High German gān and gēn, inherited from Proto-West…

It is inherited from Middle High German gehœren, inherited from Old High German gihōren (“to hear, obey”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gahauzijaną…

It is inherited from Middle High German gelten, inherited from Old High German geltan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay, render”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German gemeinde, inherited from Old High German gimeinida (“community”), an abstract noun formed from the adjective Old High German gimeini (“common”), now gemein…

It is inherited from Middle High German genuoc, inherited from Old High German ginuog, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough, sufficient”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German gerne, inherited from Old High German gerno (“eagerly, gladly”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gernô (“willingly…

It is inherited from Middle High German gesetze, a noun formed in Middle High German from setzen in the sense “to fix, determine, ordain”, so that it means “what has been laid down”. Pfeifer also…

It is inherited from Middle High German gewinnen, inherited from Old High German giwinnan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gawinnaną, a prefixed form of the verb Old High German winnan (“to toil…

It is inherited from Middle High German got, inherited from Old High German got, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *god, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god”). The same word is Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸…

It is inherited from Middle High German grüene, inherited from Old High German gruoni, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *grōnī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *grōniz (“green”). The same adjective…

It is inherited from Middle High German guot, inherited from Old High German guot, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“suitable, good”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German guot, inherited from Old High German guot (“good; goodness; property”), the adjective gut used as a neuter noun. The same use of the adjective is found in Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German haben, inherited from Old High German habēn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, hold”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German halten, inherited from Old High German haltan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to hold, keep”), originally a reduplicating strong verb. The same word…

It is inherited from Middle High German hant, inherited from Old High German hant, inherited from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”). The same word is Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus), Old Norse hǫnd, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German handeln, inherited from Old High German hantalōn (“to touch, handle, treat”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German hart, inherited from Old High German hart (“hard, firm, strict, harsh”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Beside it stood Old High German herti…

It is inherited from Middle High German hūs, inherited from Old High German hūs, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German heizen, inherited from Old High German heizan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haitan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (“to call, name”), a strong…

It is inherited from Middle High German hērre, inherited from Old High German hērro, shortened from hēriro, the comparative of hēr (“old, venerable”), the modern hehr: properly “the older, the more…

It is inherited from Middle High German hiutec, inherited from Old High German hiutīg, an adjective formed with the suffix -īg (modern -ig) from the adverb hiutu (“today”), modern heute. The adverb…

It is inherited from Middle High German hier beside the usual hie, inherited from Old High German hiar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r (“here”). The same word is Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐍂 (hēr), Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle High German hilfe (also helfe), inherited from Old High German hilfa (also helfa), inherited from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), an action noun from the strong verb…

It is inherited from Middle High German hin (also hine), inherited from Old High German hina, an adverb formed with an n-suffix from the pronoun stem Proto-Germanic *hi- (“this”), from…

It is inherited from Middle High German hœhe, inherited from Old High German hōhī, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hauhī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhį̄ (“height”), an abstract noun…

It is inherited from Middle High German holen or haln, inherited from Old High German holōn beside halōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *holōn. Kluge reconstructs West Germanic *hal-ō- with a…

It is inherited from Middle High German hunt, inherited from Old High German hunt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hundaz (“dog”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German ich, inherited from Old High German ih, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ik, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ek. The same pronoun is Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik), Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German im, inherited from Old High German imu, the dative of the pronoun er, from the pronominal stem of Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”). The same form is Old Saxon imu…

It is inherited from Middle High German in, inherited from Old High German inan, the accusative of the pronoun er. The same form is Old Saxon ina and Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌰 (ina), while Old Norse, Old English…

It is from Old High German io (“ever”) + mēr (“more”), Middle High German iemer, immer: Old High German “iomēr” was joined together from the adverb behind je and the comparative behind mehr. The…

1. The preposition is inherited from Middle High German in, inherited from Old High German in, inherited from Proto-Germanic *in, older *eni. The same word is Gothic 𐌹𐌽 (in), Old Norse í, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German ie, inherited from Old High German io, inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiwin (“always, ever”). The same adverb is Old Saxon eo, Old Norse æ, Old English ā and…

It is inherited from Middle High German ieweder, inherited from Old High German iowedar, older eohwedar and eogiwedar, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aiwin-gi-hweþera- (“each of two”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German ieman, inherited from Old High German ioman, from Old High German io (“ever, always”) + man (“man, person”), the ancestors of je and Mann, so at first “any…

It is inherited from Middle High German jugent, inherited from Old High German jugund, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi (“youth”). The same word is Old Saxon juguð, Old English geoguþ…

It is inherited from Middle High German junc, inherited from Old High German jung, inherited from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”). The same word is Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs), Old Saxon jung, Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle High German koufen, inherited from Old High German koufōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną (“to trade, buy”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German kint, inherited from Old High German kind, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kind, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kinþą (“child”). Kluge and Pfeifer take…

It is inherited from Middle High German kirche, inherited from Old High German kirihha, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Ancient Greek κυρικόν (kūrikón, “house of God”), a…

It is inherited from Middle High German kunnen or künnen, inherited from Old High German kunnan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, be…

It is inherited from Middle High German kraft, inherited from Old High German kraft, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”). Kluge…

It is inherited from Middle High German lant, inherited from Old High German lant, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *land, inherited from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German lanc, inherited from Old High German lang, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *lang, inherited from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German lange, also langen, inherited from Old High German lango (“for a long time, long ago”), the adverb of the adjective lang. The adjective is lang, from…

It is inherited from Middle High German lāzen, inherited from Old High German lāzan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, leave behind”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German loufen, inherited from Old High German hloufan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap forward”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German lūt, inherited from Old High German lūt, also hlūt and chlūd, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd (“loud”). The same adjective is Old English hlūd, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German leben, inherited from Old High German lebēn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”). Kluge and…

It is inherited from Middle High German legen, inherited from Old High German leggen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”). The same verb is…