German words first recorded in the 9th century

It is inherited from Middle High German ēwangēlisch, inherited from Old High German evangēlisc, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin euangelicus (“of the gospel”), from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελικός…

It is inherited from Middle High German halle, inherited from Old High German halla (“temple; market hall”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall…

It is inherited from Middle High German kriec, inherited from Old High German krieg (also kreg), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *krīg. The word is found only in German and Dutch, with Middle Low…

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

It is inherited from Middle High German anders, inherited from Old High German anderes, originally the genitive singular neuter of the adjective anderer, used as an adverb. The same formation is Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German kōr, inherited from Old High German chōr, borrowed from Latin chorus (“dance; band of singers”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós), borrowed in the 9th…

It is inherited from Middle High German īnsetzen, inherited from Old High German insezzen (“to put in, place beside”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *insattjan, formed from ein- and setzen. The…

It is inherited from Middle High German eroffenen, inherited from Old High German iroffanōn (“to reveal, open”), the verb öffnen with the prefix er-. The same formation is Middle Low German…

It is inherited from Middle High German vrītac, inherited from Old High German frīatag, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frija”). Like the other names of weekdays it is a loan…

It is inherited from Middle High German geselleschaft, inherited from Old High German giselliscaft, formed from German Geselle + -schaft. The base, Old High German gisello (“house-mate, companion”)…

It is inherited from Middle High German gestern, inherited from Old High German gesteron, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gesteran, a West Germanic adverb with several case endings. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German kūme, inherited from Old High German kūmo (“with difficulty, hardly”), the adverb of the adjective Proto-Germanic *kūmaz (“weak, miserable”). The same adverb…

It is inherited from Middle High German lœsunge (also lōsunge), inherited from Old High German lōsunga (“redemption, ransom”), the noun of lösen with -ung. Wiktionary traces it further to Proto-West…

It is inherited from Middle High German nein, inherited from Old High German nein, contracted from the negative particle ni (“not”) and the neuter of ein, so that it meant “not one”. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German sameztac, inherited from Old High German sambaztag, a compound whose first part was borrowed before the High German consonant shift, with tag (“day”) added to…

It is inherited from Middle High German sterben, inherited from Old High German sterban, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sterban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną, a strong verb found…

It is inherited from Middle High German verlust, inherited from Old High German firlust, also farlust, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz (“loss, ruin”). The same word is Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃…

It is inherited from Middle High German wonunge (“dwelling, abode; region; habit”), inherited from Old High German wonunga (“dwelling”), a noun formed with -unga from the verb wonēn (“to dwell…

It is inherited from Middle High German stiftunge, inherited from Old High German stiftunga, formed from Old High German stiften + -unga. The verb, gistiften (8th century), stiften (9th century)…

It is inherited from Middle High German arzât, inherited from Old High German arzāt, borrowed from Medieval Latin archiater (“chief physician”), borrowed in pre-literary times. Pfeifer gives the…

It is inherited from Middle High German dāmit, inherited from Old High German dārmit (“with it; besides; therefore”), formed from German da + mit, from the local adverb and the preposition. The same…

It is inherited from Middle High German dār ūf, inherited from Old High German dār ūf, a compound of da and auf. Related compounds are Old Saxon thar ûp, Old Frisian therop, Dutch daarop and Danish…

It is inherited from Middle High German dārzuo, inherited from Old High German darazuo, a compound of the adverb dara (“thither”) and zuo (“to”). Otfrid's spelling tharzua suggests that it was…

It is inherited from Middle High German dort, inherited from Old High German tharot, beside dorot and thorot, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þārud (“thither”). It was formed from Proto-Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle High German gelingen, inherited from Old High German gilingan (“to succeed”), formed with the prefix gi- (modern ge-). An unprefixed verb is found as lingen (“to go…

It is inherited from Middle High German hin ūz, inherited from Old High German hina ūz, a compound from Old High German hina (“away, thither”) + ūz (“out”), that is hin and aus. Middle High German…

It is inherited from Middle High German mūsic, borrowed from Latin mūsica (“music”), in full ars mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ), short for μουσικὴ τέχνη (mousikḕ tékhnē, “art of the…

It is inherited from Middle High German reise, inherited from Old High German reisa, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *raisu (“journey”). Kluge traces it to Proto-Germanic *raisō (“departure…

It is inherited from Middle High German retten, inherited from Old High German retten (also hretten), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan (“to save, rescue”). The verb is found only in West…

It is inherited from Middle High German sicherheit, inherited from Old High German sihhurheit, formed from German sicher + -heit. The adjective, sihhur in the 9th century, was borrowed from Vulgar…

It is inherited from Middle High German versprechen, inherited from Old High German firsprehhan (“to deny, reject; to defend”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frasprekan, formed with the prefix…

It is inherited from Middle High German darüber, inherited from Old High German dara ubiri, made of the adverb dar “thither” and über. The first part is thara, an adverb of place answering the…

It is inherited from Middle High German einzel, a further formation from einez (“single”), Old High German einaz (“single”), which was formed from the numeral ein with a Germanic suffix in /t/. The…

It is from German führen + -ung, Middle High German vüerunge. The Grimms' dictionary found neither an Old nor a Middle High German form and dated the first records to the 15th century, but its…

It is inherited from Middle High German gesament, gesamt, inherited from Old High German gisamanōt, the past participle of samanōn (“to gather, assemble”), used as an adjective; its first sense was…

It is inherited from Middle High German houbetstat, inherited from Old High German houbitstat, a compound from German Haupt (“head”) + Stadt (“town”). The first part, Middle High German houbet, Old…

It is inherited from Middle High German hērschen, inherited from Old High German hērisōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hairisōn. The verb is formed to the adjective hehr, Old High German hēr…

It is inherited from Middle High German offenbære, inherited from Old High German offanbāri (“evident, manifest”), a derivative of offen in the sense “standing before one's eyes”, in which -bāri…

It is inherited from Middle High German saz (also satz), found earlier only in compounds such as Old High German ursaz and bīsaz, from about 900. The noun exists only in German. Pfeifer and Duden…

It is inherited from Middle High German wirtschaft, inherited from Old High German wirtscaft, formed from German Wirt + -schaft, and so originally meant whatever belongs to the activity of a Wirt…