German words first recorded in the 8th century

It is inherited from Middle High German urteil, inherited from Old High German urteili, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī (“what is handed out”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *uzdailiją…

It is inherited from Middle High German ouge, inherited from Old High German ouga, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *augā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”). The same word is Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉…

It is inherited from Middle High German bruoder, inherited from Old High German bruoder, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, inherited from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”). The same word…

It is inherited from Middle High German ganz, inherited from Old High German ganz (“sound, unhurt, complete”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gant. The word was at first confined to High German…

It is inherited from Middle High German gast, inherited from Old High German gast, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gastiz (“stranger, guest”). The same word…

It is inherited from Middle High German herbest, inherited from Old High German herbist, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, inherited from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest; autumn”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German mensche, inherited from Old High German mennisco, mannisco, a noun use of the adjective mennisc (“human”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mannisk…

It is inherited from Middle High German muoter, inherited from Old High German muoter, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mōder, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (“mother”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German snel, inherited from Old High German snel, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *snel, inherited from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, bold, quick”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German strāze, inherited from Old High German strāza, borrowed from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), from Latin via strāta (“paved way”), originally a military…

It is inherited from Middle High German werlt, inherited from Old High German weralt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German ambahte, inherited from Old High German ambahti (“service, office”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service”). The same word is Old Saxon ambaht…

It is inherited from Middle High German ane, inherited from Old High German ana, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ana. The same word is Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana), Old Norse á, Old English on, Old Frisian on…

It is inherited from Middle High German bī, inherited from Old High German bī, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bi. The same word is Gothic 𐌱𐌹 (bi, “around…

It is inherited from Middle High German brūchen, inherited from Old High German brūhhan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to use, enjoy”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German bringen, inherited from Old High German bringan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bringan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *bringaną (“to bring”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German dienen, inherited from Old High German thionōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną (“to serve”). The same verb is Old Saxon thionon, Old Frisian thiānia…

It is inherited from Middle High German dorf, inherited from Old High German dorf, thorf, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German dū, inherited from Old High German dū, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þū, inherited from Proto-Germanic *þū. The vowel could be long or short…

It is inherited from Middle High German enge, inherited from Old High German engi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *angī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *anguz (“narrow”). The same adjective is…

It is inherited from Middle High German val, inherited from Old High German fal, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fall, first the noun of action of fallen. Kluge reconstructs a pre-German…

It is inherited from Middle High German volgen, inherited from Old High German folgēn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”). Old High…

It is inherited from Middle High German vordern, inherited from Old High German fordarōn, beside Middle Low German vorderen. The verb is limited to German: Swedish fordra and Dutch vorderen were…

It is inherited from Middle High German vüeren, inherited from Old High German fuoren, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fōrijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną (“to cause to go, lead”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German gesiht, inherited from Old High German gisiht, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gasihti (“sight”), a prefixed noun of action formed from sehen, with ge-…

It is inherited from Middle High German gewin, inherited from Old High German giwin, a noun of action to the verb gewinnen, Old High German giwinnan. The verb is a prefix derivation of the old verb…

It is inherited from Middle High German gelouben, inherited from Old High German gilouben, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną (“to believe”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German gelīch, inherited from Old High German gilīh, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *galīk, inherited from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, a compound of the prefix *ga-…

It is inherited from Middle High German grunt, inherited from Old High German grunt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *grundu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, bottom”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German halp, inherited from Old High German halb, inherited from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). The same word is Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs), Old Norse hálfr, Old English…

It is inherited from Middle High German helfen, inherited from Old High German helfan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *helpan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”). The same strong…

It is inherited from Middle High German herze, inherited from Old High German herza, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”). The same word is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German hōch, inherited from Old High German hōh, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German jār, inherited from Old High German jār, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *jār, inherited from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). The same word is Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂…

It is inherited from Middle High German künec, inherited from Old High German kuning, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kuning, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German līht(e), inherited from Old High German līhti, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *lį̄ht, inherited from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz (“light in weight”). The same…

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- (“man, person”). Kluge sets up an…

It is inherited from Middle High German meister, inherited from Old High German meistar, borrowed from Latin magister (“master, chief, teacher”), borrowed in the 8th century, as was Old English…

It is inherited from Middle High German mānōt, inherited from Old High German mānōd, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs. The same word is Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃…

It is inherited from Middle High German nāch, inherited from Old High German nāh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz (“near”). The same word is Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 (neƕa, “near”), Old Norse ná- (in…

It is inherited from Middle High German name, inherited from Old High German namo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *namō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”). The same word is Gothic…

It is inherited from Middle High German niht, inherited from Old High German niowiht, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht. It was fused from a phrase that Kluge reconstructs as…

1. The conjunction is inherited from Middle High German obe, inherited from Old High German ibu, with the later Old High German variants ubi and oba, which arose by a shift of the vowels. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German āne, inherited from Old High German ānu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ēnu (“without”). Old High German also had āno and āna. The same word is Old Saxon āno…

It is inherited from Middle High German rāt, inherited from Old High German rāt (“advice; supplies”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *rād, inherited from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz (“advice…

It is inherited from Middle High German sache, inherited from Old High German sahha, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *saku, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“lawsuit, dispute, cause”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German schade, inherited from Old High German scado (“harm, harmer”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage”). The…

It is inherited from Middle High German swære, inherited from Old High German swāri, also swār, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *swār, inherited from Proto-Germanic *swēraz (“heavy”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German sich, inherited from Old High German sih, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sek. The same pronoun is Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌺 (sik), Old Norse sik, Old Frisian sik and Middle…

It is inherited from Middle High German singen, inherited from Old High German singan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), a strong…

It is inherited from Middle High German solich, inherited from Old High German sulīh, inherited from Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz (“so shaped, such”). The same compound is Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (swaleiks)…

It is inherited from Middle High German stücke, inherited from Old High German stucki, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece, stump”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German tagelich (also tegelich), inherited from Old High German tagalīh (also tagolīh). Wiktionary and Pfeifer treat it as from German Tag + -lich, but Kluge thinks…

It is inherited from Middle High German tāt, inherited from Old High German tāt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”). The same word is Old Saxon…

It is inherited from Middle High German teil, inherited from Old High German teil, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *daili, inherited from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, share”). The same word is…

It is inherited from Middle High German tief, inherited from Old High German tiof, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *deup, inherited from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”). The same adjective is…

It is inherited from Middle High German vergëben, inherited from Old High German firgeban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (“to give away, grant; to forgive”), a prefixed form of geben with…

It is inherited from Middle High German verlāzen, inherited from Old High German firlāzan (“to let go, leave, abandon”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fralātan, inherited from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German walt, inherited from Old High German wald, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest, wild land”). The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German warnen, inherited from Old High German warnōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *warnōn (“to take heed, warn”). The same verb is Old English wearnian…