German words from Middle High German
799 German words with Middle High German in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 11).
Sinn
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…
Sitz
It is inherited from Middle High German siz, a noun formed from sitzen. The Duden dictionaries trace it further back to Old High German siz, but the Grimms' dictionary says the word first appears in…
sitzen
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…
so
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…
Sohn
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…
solch
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)…
sollen
It is inherited from Middle High German suln, inherited from Old High German sculan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skulan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skulaną, a preterite-present verb…
Sommer
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…
sondern
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…
Sonntag
It is inherited from Middle High German sunnentac, inherited from Old High German sunnūntag, a Germanic loan translation from Latin diēs Sōlis (“day of the sun”), itself a translation of Ancient…
sonst
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…
sorgen
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…
spät
It is inherited from Middle High German spæte, inherited from Old High German spāti, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *spēdiz. Outside German it is found only…
Spiel
It is inherited from Middle High German spil, inherited from Old High German spil, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance”). The word is found only in continental West Germanic: Old Saxon…
spielen
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…
Spieler
It is inherited from Middle High German spilære, inherited from Old High German spilāri (“drummer, dancer, actor, player”), a noun of agent from Old High German spil + -āri or from the verb spilōn…
Spitze
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…
Sprache
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…
sprechen
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…
Sprecher
It is inherited from Middle High German sprechære, inherited from Old High German sprehhāri (“speaker, orator, preacher”), an agent noun of the verb sprehhan, the ancestor of sprechen. It replaced…
Spur
It is inherited from Middle High German spur, inherited from Old High German spor, inherited from Proto-Germanic *spurą (“track”). The same word is Old Norse spor, Old English spor, Middle Low…
Stadt
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…
stammen
It is inherited from Middle High German stammen (“to descend”), formed from Stamm “stem, tribe”. That noun is Middle High German stam, Old High German stam, Old Saxon stamn, which Kluge traces to…
Stand
It is inherited from Middle High German stant (“standing, place of standing”), inherited from Old High German *stant, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stand. The Old High German noun is found…
stark
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…
stecken
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…
stehen
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…
steigen
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…
Stein
It is inherited from Middle High German stein, inherited from Old High German stein, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stain, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). The same word is…
stellen
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…
sterben
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…
stets
It is inherited from Middle High German stætes, the genitive of the adjective stet (Middle High German stæte, Old High German stāti (“firm, lasting”)) frozen as an adverb. The same adverb is Middle…
Stiftung
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)…
Stimme
It is inherited from Middle High German stimme, inherited from Old High German stimma or stimna, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stebnu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stebnō (“voice”). Kluge…
stimmen
It is inherited from Middle High German stimmen, formed from Stimme “voice”. Kluge and the Grimms' dictionary see in it a merger. On the one hand there is the verb made from the noun itself, “to…
stoßen
It is inherited from Middle High German stōzen, inherited from Old High German stōzan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, bump, jolt”), a…
Straße
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…
Streit
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…
Stück
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…
Student
It is inherited from Middle High German studente, borrowed from Medieval Latin studēns (“student”) (taken in an inflected form), the present participle of Latin studeō (“to be eager for, strive…
Stunde
It is inherited from Middle High German stunde, inherited from Old High German stunta, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stundō (“period of time, point in…
suchen
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…
Tag
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…
täglich
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…
Tat
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…
Teil
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…
teilen
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…
Termin
It is inherited from Middle High German termin, borrowed from Medieval Latin terminus (“term of payment, fixed date”), the Medieval Latin use of the Classical word for “boundary stone, boundary…
teuer
It is inherited from Middle High German tiure, inherited from Old High German tiuri (“precious, dear, esteemed”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz…
Text
It is inherited from Middle High German text, borrowed from Latin textus (“sequence, connection (of speech); literally a weaving, fabric”). The Latin noun belongs to texō (“to weave, plait; to join…
Thema
It is inherited from Middle High German thema, borrowed from Latin thema (“proposition, subject”), from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “something laid down, proposition”), a noun to τίθημι (títhēmi, “to…
tief
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…
Tier
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…
Tisch
It is inherited from Middle High German tisch, inherited from Old High German tisc, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *disk (“dish”), an early borrowed from Latin discus (“discus; flat dish…
Titel
It is inherited from Middle High German titel, inherited from Old High German titul, borrowed from Latin titulus (“inscription, heading, title”), borrowed in the 8th century. Old High German also…
Tochter
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…
Tod
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…
toll
It is inherited from Middle High German tol, also dol, inherited from Old High German tol (“foolish”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (“dazed, foolish”). The…
Tor
1. The fool is inherited from Middle High German tōre, a noun formed from an adjective that has not survived on its own. The same word is Middle Low German dore and Middle Dutch door (“fool”)…
tot
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…