German words first recorded in the 7th century

It is inherited from Middle High German lērære, inherited from Old High German lērāri, the agent noun of lehren (“to teach”), lēren. The same formation is Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (laisareis) Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German leiten, inherited from Old High German leiten, also leitōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to cause…

It is inherited from Middle High German lernen, inherited from Old High German lernēn (Upper German lirnēn), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn (“to learn”). The same verb is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German lesen, inherited from Old High German lesan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather, pick”). The same strong verb is Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (lisan, “to…

It is inherited from Middle High German liute, inherited from Old High German liuti, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liudi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), the plural of a noun…

It is inherited from Middle High German lieht, inherited from Old High German lioht, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, inherited from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), the adjective licht…

It is inherited from Middle High German liet, inherited from Old High German liod, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *leuþ (“song”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song, lay”). Kluge…

It is inherited from Middle High German luft, inherited from Old High German luft, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German machen, inherited from Old High German mahhōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *makōn, a weak verb found only in West Germanic. The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German maht, inherited from Old High German maht, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (“might, power”). The same word is Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), Old English meaht or…

It is inherited from Middle High German man, inherited from Old High German man, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mann, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”): the nominative singular of…

It is inherited from Middle High German manec, inherited from Old High German manag (“many a, much”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many”). The same word is Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍃 (manags, “much…

It is inherited from Middle High German market, inherited from Old High German markāt, borrowed from Late Latin marcātus, a variant of Latin mercātus (“trade, purchase, market”), a noun from mercor…

It is inherited from Middle High German mēr, mēre, inherited from Old High German mēro, mēr, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *maizô, the comparative of viel…

It is inherited from Middle High German mīn, inherited from Old High German mīn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German meinen, inherited from Old High German meinen, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think”). The verb is found only in West Germanic: the same…

It is inherited from Middle High German meist, inherited from Old High German meist, inherited from Proto-Germanic *maistaz (“most”). The same superlative is Old Saxon mēst, Old Norse mestr, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German menige, inherited from Old High German managī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *managį̄ (“multitude”). It is an abstract noun formed to the adjective…

It is inherited from Middle High German mir, inherited from Old High German mir, inherited from Proto-Germanic *miz. The same form is Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃 (mis) and Old Norse mér, and Old English mē, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German mügen, inherited from Old High German mugan, also magan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *magan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able”), a…

It is inherited from Middle High German morgen, inherited from Old High German morgan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). The same word is Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins), Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle High German müezen, inherited from Old High German muozan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną, a preterite-present verb…

It is inherited from Middle High German nāch, inherited from Old High German nāh, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nēhw (“near”). It was originally the adverb…

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

It is inherited from Middle High German nemen, inherited from Old High German neman, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), a strong verb. The same word is Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German niuwe, inherited from Old High German niuwi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German nie, inherited from Old High German nio, a fusion of the negative particle and the adverb now je: from Old High German ni (“not”) + io (“ever”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German nieman, inherited from Old High German nioman (“nobody”), the negative of jemand. The Old High German word is compounded of the negative particle Old High…

1. The adverb “still, yet” is inherited from Middle High German noch, inherited from Old High German noh, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *noh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nuh. The same word…

It is inherited from Middle High German nū, nu, inherited from Old High German nu, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nū, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”). The same word is Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu)…

It is inherited from Middle High German oben, inherited from Old High German obana (“from above; above”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ubanē (“from…

It is inherited from Middle High German obere, inherited from Old High German obaro (“upper, higher”), a comparative formed with an r-suffix from the adverb and preposition ob. The same formation is…

It is inherited from Middle High German oder, inherited from Old High German odar, an altered form of the older odo, which took its final /r/ on the model of aber and weder. Pfeifer and the Duden…

It is inherited from Middle High German offen, inherited from Old High German offan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *opan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”). The same adjective is…

It is inherited from Middle High German offenlich, inherited from Old High German offanlīh, formed from Old High German offan + -līh; the base is the adjective now offen. The same formation is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German offenen, inherited from Old High German offanōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *opanōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (“to open”), a verb formed…

It is inherited from Middle High German ofte, inherited from Old High German ofto, inherited from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). The same adverb is Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta), Old Norse opt, Old English…

It is inherited from Middle High German opfer, inherited from Old High German opfar, formed in Old High German from the verb opfern. The same formation is Old Saxon opper and Middle Low German opper…

It is inherited from Middle High German reht, inherited from Old High German reht, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *reht (“right, straight”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right…

It is inherited from Middle High German reht, inherited from Old High German reht, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *reht, inherited from Proto-Germanic *rehtą (“right, privilege”), the neuter of…

It is inherited from Middle High German rihten, inherited from Old High German rihten, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan (“to straighten, set right”), inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German rihtære (also rihter), inherited from Old High German rihtāri (“judge, ruler”), formed from Old High German rihten (“to judge”) + -āri: an agent noun of the…

It is inherited from Middle High German rōt, inherited from Old High German rōt, inherited from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (“red”). The same adjective is Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs), Old Norse rauðr, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German sagen, inherited from Old High German sagēn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sagēn (“to say”). The other West Germanic and Norse forms go back to a variant…

It is inherited from Middle High German schaffen, inherited from Old High German skephen (“to create, make, shape”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German schouwen, inherited from Old High German scouwōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look”). The same West Germanic verb is Old Saxon skawon, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German schīnen, inherited from Old High German skīnan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”). The same verb…

It is inherited from Middle High German slahen, inherited from Old High German slahan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (“to strike”). The same word is Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (slahan), Old Norse slá…

It is inherited from Middle High German sleht, inherited from Old High German sleht (“smooth, level, simple”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“smooth, level”). The same adjective is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German sloȥ, inherited from Old High German slōz, sloz, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *slot (“bar, bolt”), a derivative of schließen. The same word is Dutch…

It is inherited from Middle High German schœne, inherited from Old High German scōni, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German schrīben, inherited from Old High German scrīban, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, borrowed from Latin scrībō (“to write”). The Latin verb first…

It is inherited from Middle High German sehs, inherited from Old High German sehs, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sehs (“six”). The same numeral is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German sê, inherited from Old High German sēo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea, lake”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German sëhen, inherited from Old High German sehan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną. The same word is Old Saxon…

1. The possessive is inherited from Middle High German sīn, inherited from Old High German sīn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sīn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sīnaz (“his own, one's own”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German sëlber, the strong nominative singular masculine of selp (“self, same”), fixed as an indeclinable form. This continues inherited from Old High German selb…

It is the frozen genitive singular of the pronoun selb, inherited from Middle High German selbes, with an excrescent final /t/ as in sonst and einst. The form with /t/ appears around 1300 in East…

It is inherited from Middle High German setzen, inherited from Old High German sezzen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *satjaną (“to set, place”), the…

It is inherited from Middle High German sichern, inherited from Old High German sihhurōn (“to justify, clear of a charge, vouch for”), formed from the adjective sihhur, the ancestor of sicher. A…