German words first recorded in the 7th century

It is inherited from Middle High German si, inherited from Old High German siu, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sī (“she”). The same form is Gothic 𐍃𐌹 (si)…

It is the plural pronoun sie “they”, used as a form of address and written with a capital letter. That pronoun is inherited from Middle High German sie, inherited from Old High German sie (“they…

1. It is inherited from Middle High German siben, inherited from Old High German sibun, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German sitzen, inherited from Old High German sizzen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”). The same verb…

It is inherited from Middle High German sō, inherited from Old High German sō, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *swā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *swē (“as, like, so”). Kluge sets up *swǣ, and…

It is inherited from Middle High German sun, inherited from Old High German sunu, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German sumer, inherited from Old High German sumar, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz (“summer”). The same word is…

The conjunction is inherited from Middle High German sundern (“without; except; but”), recorded in Central German in the 14th century. It is originally the dative plural of the adjective sunder…

It is inherited from Middle High German sunst, older sus, inherited from Old High German sus (“so, thus”), and first meant “so”. The same word is Old Saxon sus, continued in Dutch zus. Beside it…

It is inherited from Middle High German sorgen, inherited from Old High German sorgēn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *surgāną (“to worry”), a verb formed from the noun that is now Sorge. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German spiln, inherited from Old High German spilōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn (“to play, to dance”), a verb formed from the noun Proto-West…

It is inherited from Middle High German spitze, inherited from Old High German spizza (“point, spike, summit”), a noun belonging to the adjective spitz (spizzi, spiz). Köbler sets up a noun…

It is inherited from Middle High German sprāche, inherited from Old High German sprāhha, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”). Kluge reconstructs the West Germanic form as…

It is inherited from Middle High German sprechen, inherited from Old High German sprehhan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan. The same verb is Old Saxon sprekan, Old Frisian spreka and Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German stat, inherited from Old High German stat (“place, site”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German starc, inherited from Old High German starc, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stark, inherited from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff; strong”). Kluge…

It is inherited from Middle High German stecken (“to fasten by piercing; to stick fast”), inherited from Old High German steckōn (“to stick fast, be fixed”). The Middle High German verb merges this…

It is inherited from Middle High German stān, inherited from Old High German stān, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stān, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”), with the by-forms stēn…

It is inherited from Middle High German stīgen, inherited from Old High German stīgan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stīganą (“to climb, ascend”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German stellen, inherited from Old High German stellen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, place”). The same verb is Old Saxon stellian, Middle…

It is inherited from Middle High German strīt, inherited from Old High German strīt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *strīd, inherited from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz (“battle, fight”), the noun…

It is inherited from Middle High German suochen, inherited from Old High German suohhen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German tac, inherited from Old High German tag, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dag, inherited from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”). The same word is Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃…

It is inherited from Middle High German teilen, inherited from Old High German teilen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, share”), a…

It is inherited from Middle High German tier, inherited from Old High German tior, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *deuzą (“wild animal”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German tohter, inherited from Old High German tohter, inherited from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr (“daughter”). The same word is Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (daúhtar), Old Norse…

It is inherited from Middle High German tōt, inherited from Old High German tōd, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (“death”). The same word is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German tōt, inherited from Old High German tōt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *daud, inherited from Proto-Germanic *daudaz (“dead”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German tragen, inherited from Old High German tragan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to haul, carry”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to…

It is inherited from Middle High German treffen, inherited from Old High German treffan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German tuon, inherited from Old High German tuon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, a verb found only in West Germanic: Old Saxon dōn, Old English dōn and Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German tür, inherited from Old High German turi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dur, inherited from Proto-Germanic *durīz (“door”). The Old High German word was…

It is inherited from Middle High German über, inherited from Old High German ubiri (“beyond, more”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *ubiri (“over, above”). In Old High German the preposition was…

It is inherited from Middle High German umbe, inherited from Old High German umbi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *umbi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German unde, inherited from Old High German unti, inherited from Proto-Germanic *anþi, with the zero-grade variant *unþi. The vowel varies in Old High German…

It is inherited from Middle High German uns, inherited from Old High German uns, inherited from Proto-Germanic *uns. The same word is Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns), beside 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌹𐍃 (unsis, “us”), Old Norse oss, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German unser, inherited from Old High German unsēr, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *unsar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“our”). The same possessive is…

It is inherited from Middle High German under, inherited from Old High German untar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *under (“under, among”). The same word is Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 (undar), Old Norse undir…

It is inherited from Middle High German vater, inherited from Old High German fater, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fader, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fadēr (“father”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German verkoufen, inherited from Old High German firkoufen (“to sell”), from Old High German fir- + koufen (“to buy, trade”). The prefix gives the sense “to dispose…

It is inherited from Middle High German verliesen, inherited from Old High German firliosan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fraleusan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German verstān, inherited from Old High German firstān, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frastān, a West Germanic prefixed form of stehen with ver-. As with the…

It is inherited from Middle High German vil, inherited from Old High German filu, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *felu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *felu. The same word is Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu)…

It is inherited from Middle High German vier, inherited from Old High German fior, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr (“four”). The same numeral is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German volc, inherited from Old High German folc, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *folk, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulką (“troop, army; people”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German vol, inherited from Old High German fol, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *full, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”). The same adjective is…

It is inherited from Middle High German von, inherited from Old High German fona, beside the rarer northern fana. The preposition is found only in the continental West Germanic languages: Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German vor (also vore), inherited from Old High German fora, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *forē, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fur- (“before”), a form that…

1. The verb meaning “to grow” is inherited from Middle High German wahsen, inherited from Old High German wahsan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną…

It is inherited from Middle High German wagen, inherited from Old High German wagan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“wagon”). The same word is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German weln, inherited from Old High German wellen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *walljan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *waljaną (“to choose”). The same verb…

It is the neuter of wer: inherited from Middle High German waz, inherited from Old High German waz (also hwaz), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwat…

It is inherited from Middle High German wëhseln, inherited from Old High German wehsalōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *wihslōną (“to change, exchange”), formed from the noun Wechsel, Old High…

It is inherited from Middle High German weder, inherited from Old High German wedar (“which of two”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz (“which of…

It is inherited from Middle High German wec, inherited from Old High German weg, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *weg, inherited from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (“way”). The same word is Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃…

It is inherited from Middle High German wīz, inherited from Old High German wīz, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (“white”). The same adjective is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German wer, inherited from Old High German hwer. The related words are Old Saxon hwē, Old English hwā and Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍃 (ƕas), and today Dutch wie, English who and…

It is inherited from Middle High German werden, inherited from Old High German werdan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German werfen, inherited from Old High German werfan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *werpan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw”), a strong verb…

It is inherited from Middle High German werc, inherited from Old High German werc, inherited from Proto-Germanic *werką (“work”). The same word is Old Saxon werk, Old Norse verk, Old English weorc…