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 5).
Forderung
It is inherited from Middle High German vorderunge, inherited from Old High German fordarunga, a noun formed with -ung from fordern, vordern, Old High German fordarōn. The verb is a derivative of…
Form
It is inherited from Middle High German forme, borrowed from Latin fōrma (“shape, figure, appearance”), borrowed in the 13th century. The revised Grimm dictionary takes the Upper German masculine…
Frage
It is inherited from Middle High German vrāge, inherited from Old High German frāga, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frēgō (“question”). Pfeifer and the…
fragen
It is inherited from Middle High German vrāgen, inherited from Old High German frāgēn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frāgēn. The same verb is Old Saxon frāgon, Old Frisian frēgia and Dutch…
Franke
It is inherited from Middle High German Franke, inherited from Old High German Franko, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frankô. The same name is Old Saxon Franko, Middle Low German Vranke, Middle…
französisch
It is inherited from Middle High German franzoisisch (also franzoisch), formed with the suffix -isch from franzois (“French”), borrowed from Old French françois. The Old French adjective belongs to…
Frau
It is inherited from Middle High German vrouwe, inherited from Old High German frouwa (“mistress, lady”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ (“lady”)…
frei
It is inherited from Middle High German vrī, inherited from Old High German frī, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“free”). The same word is Gothic…
Freitag
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…
Freude
It is inherited from Middle High German vröude, inherited from Old High German frewida, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawiþō (“joy”). Kluge takes it as a pre-German abstract noun to the adjective…
freuen
It is inherited from Middle High German vröuwen, inherited from Old High German frewen (also frouwen), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjan (“to gladden”). It is a factitive verb formed on…
Freund
It is inherited from Middle High German vriunt, inherited from Old High German friunt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *friund, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, relative”). The…
früh
It is inherited from Middle High German vrüeje, inherited from Old High German fruoi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frō (“early”): the Old High German adjective was formed from the adverb…
fühlen
It is inherited from Middle High German vüelen, inherited from Old High German fuolen (“to touch, feel”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”). The same verb is Old Saxon…
führen
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”)…
fünf
It is inherited from Middle High German vünf, inherited from Old High German fimf, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fimf, inherited from Proto-Indo-European…
für
It is inherited from Middle High German vür, inherited from Old High German furi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *furi (“before, for”). The same word is Old Saxon furi, Old Frisian fori, Old Norse…
Fuß
It is inherited from Middle High German vuoz, inherited from Old High German fuoz, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōts (“foot”). The same word is Old Saxon…
ganz
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…
gar
It is inherited from Middle High German gare (“ready, prepared; complete”), inherited from Old High German garo (“ready, prepared, equipped”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *garu, inherited…
Gast
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…
Gebäude
It is inherited from Middle High German gebūwede, inherited from Old High German gibūidi (“dwelling place, settlement”) (also gibūwida), a collective noun formed from bauen, properly “that which is…
geben
It is inherited from Middle High German gëben, inherited from Old High German geban, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gebaną. The same strong verb is Gothic…
Gebiet
It is inherited from Middle High German gebiet (also gebiete), formed from the verb gebieten “to command”, which is itself bieten with the prefix ge-. The same noun is Middle Low German gebede…
Geburtstag
It is inherited from Middle High German geburttac, inherited from Old High German giburtitago (“day of birth”), formed from German Geburt + Tag as a loan translation of Latin diēs nātālis…
Gedanke
It is inherited from Middle High German gedanc, inherited from Old High German gidanc, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ga-þanka- (“thought”). The same word is Old Saxon githanko, Middle Low…
Gefahr
It is inherited from Middle High German gevāre (“ambush; deceit”), a form strengthened with the prefix ge- of vāre (“ambush, malice”), inherited from Old High German fāra (“ambush, snare”)…
gefährlich
It is inherited from Middle High German geværlich (“treacherous, insidious”), formed from German Gefahr + -lich. The older adjective was værlich (modern fährlich), while Old High German fārlīhho…
gefallen
It is inherited from Middle High German gevallen, inherited from Old High German gifallan (“to fall to, fall to one's share”), formed from German ge- + fallen. The same formation is Middle Low…
gegen
It is inherited from Middle High German gegen, inherited from Old High German gagan (also ⟨gegin⟩), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Kluge sets up the…
gehen
Its paradigm joins forms of unrelated verbs. The infinitive and present are inherited from Middle High German gān and gēn, inherited from Old High German gān and gēn, inherited from Proto-West…
gehören
It is inherited from Middle High German gehœren, inherited from Old High German gihōren (“to hear, obey”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gahauzijaną…
Geld
It is inherited from Middle High German gelt, inherited from Old High German gelt (“payment, reward”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geld, inherited from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“payment…
Gelegenheit
It is inherited from Middle High German gelegenheit (“situation, the way something lies”), an abstract noun formed from German gelegen + -heit. The adjective gelegen is properly the past participle…
gelingen
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…
gelten
It is inherited from Middle High German gelten, inherited from Old High German geltan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay, render”). The same…
Gemeinde
It is inherited from Middle High German gemeinde, inherited from Old High German gimeinida (“community”), an abstract noun formed from the adjective Old High German gimeini (“common”), now gemein…
gemeinsam
It is inherited from Middle High German gemeinsam, inherited from Old High German gimeinsam, a derivative from Old High German gimeini (“common”) + -sam, the older form of gemein. Kluge and the…
genau
It is inherited from Middle High German genou (“narrow, tight; careful”), from Middle High German ge- + nou (“narrow, tight, careful”), an adjective originally of Middle German. The base adjective…
genug
It is inherited from Middle High German genuoc, inherited from Old High German ginuog, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough, sufficient”). The…
gerade
1. The adjective for numbers is inherited from Middle High German gerat, inherited from Old High German girad (“even (of numbers)”). It belongs with Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉 (raþjō, “number, account”) and…
geraten
It is inherited from Middle High German gerāten, inherited from Old High German girātan (“to advise, decide”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *garādan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *garēdaną…
Gericht
1. The court is inherited from Middle High German geriht, inherited from Old High German girihti (“judgement, rule, statute”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *garihtiją (“justness, justice”). Kluge…
gering
It is inherited from Middle High German geringe, inherited from Old High German giringi, with the prefix ge- added to ringi (“light, slight”), which lived on as ringe and, without the prefix, until…
gern
It is inherited from Middle High German gerne, inherited from Old High German gerno (“eagerly, gladly”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gernô (“willingly…
gesamt
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…
Geschäft
It is inherited from Middle High German geschefte, also gescheft and gescheffede, an abstract noun formed from the weak verb schaffen “to work, do”. Kluge sees two formations behind it, which…
geschehen
It is inherited from Middle High German geschehen, inherited from Old High German giskehan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gaskehan, a prefixed form of the West Germanic strong verb *skehan…
Geschichte
It is inherited from Middle High German geschiht, inherited from Old High German giskiht (“event, chance”), an abstract noun with a /t/ suffix formed from the verb that is now geschehen, so that it…
Gesellschaft
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”)…
Gesetz
It is inherited from Middle High German gesetze, a noun formed in Middle High German from setzen in the sense “to fix, determine, ordain”, so that it means “what has been laid down”. Pfeifer also…
Gesicht
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-…
Gespräch
It is inherited from Middle High German gespræche, inherited from Old High German gisprāhhi (“eloquence, speech, conversation”), a collective noun formed with gi- from Old High German sprāhha…
gestern
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…
Gewalt
It is inherited from Middle High German gewalt, inherited from Old High German giwalt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gawald, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gawaldą. Like Old Frisian wald, it…
Gewinn
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…
gewinnen
It is inherited from Middle High German gewinnen, inherited from Old High German giwinnan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gawinnaną, a prefixed form of the verb Old High German winnan (“to toil…
gewiss
It is inherited from Middle High German gewis, inherited from Old High German giwis, inherited from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain”). The same word is Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃 (unwiss, “uncertain”)…
glauben
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”)…
gleich
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-…