German words from Old High German
623 German words with Old High German in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 3).
enden
It is inherited from Middle High German enden, inherited from Old High German entōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *andijōn, a verb formed from the noun Ende. The same verb is Old Saxon endion…
eng
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…
entdecken
It is inherited from Middle High German endecken, inherited from Old High German intdecken (“to uncover”), a formation with the prefix ent- on decken. The same formation is Middle Low German…
entstehen
It is inherited from Middle High German entstēn, inherited from Old High German intstantan, a prefixed verb from German ent- + stehen. Related formations are Middle Low German entstān, Middle Dutch…
er
It is inherited from Middle High German ër, inherited from Old High German ër, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *iʀ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *iz. The same pronoun is Gothic 𐌹𐍃 (is). Kluge…
erfahren
It is inherited from Middle High German ervarn, inherited from Old High German irfaran, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uʀfaran, the verb fahren “to go, travel” with the prefix er-. Wiktionary…
Erfahrung
It is inherited from Middle High German ervarunge, inherited from Old High German irfarunga (“trial, experiment”), formed from Old High German irfaran + -unga, the source of erfahren. The noun has a…
erfolgen
It is inherited from Middle High German ervolgen (“to overtake, reach, attain”), inherited from Old High German irfolgēn (“to persecute”), formed with the prefix er- from folgen. The same formation…
erfüllen
It is inherited from Middle High German ervüllen, inherited from Old High German irfullen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uʀfullijan, a prefixed form of füllen with er-. The same formation is…
ergeben
It is inherited from Middle High German ergëben, inherited from Old High German irgeban (“to give up, hand over”), formed with the prefix er- from geben. Wiktionary traces it to Proto-West Germanic…
erhöhen
It is inherited from Middle High German erhœhen, inherited from Old High German irhōhen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uʀhauhijan (“to raise”), formed with the prefix er- from the verb höhen…
erkennen
It is inherited from Middle High German erkennen, inherited from Old High German irkennen (also arkennen), formed from German er- + kennen. The prefix originally marked the beginning of the action…
erlauben
It is inherited from Middle High German erlouben, inherited from Old High German irlouben, inherited from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijaną (“to allow”). The same verb is Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uslaubjan), Old…
erläutern
It is inherited from Middle High German erliutern, inherited from Old High German irliuteren, a prefixed verb formed from German er- + läutern. Kluge places it with lauter “pure, clear”, in the same…
eröffnen
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…
erreichen
It is inherited from Middle High German erreichen (“to reach by stretching out, hit, grasp”), inherited from Old High German irreihhen (“to reach, catch up”), formed from Old High German ir- +…
erscheinen
It is inherited from Middle High German erschīnen, inherited from Old High German irskīnan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uʀskīnan, formed with the prefix er- from the verb that is now…
ersetzen
It is inherited from Middle High German ersetzen, inherited from Old High German irsezzen (“to restore, replace”), with the prefix ir- (er-) and setzen. Corresponding prefixed verbs are Gothic…
erst
It is inherited from Middle High German ērste, inherited from Old High German ērist, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *airista- (“first, earliest”). The same word is Old Saxon ērist, Old English…
erste
It is inherited from Middle High German ērest, inherited from Old High German ēristo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *airist (“earliest, first”). The same word is Old Saxon ērist, Middle Low…
erwarten
It is inherited from Middle High German erwarten, inherited from Old High German irwartēn (“to look at, inspect”), formed from Old High German ir- + wartēn; the base is the verb now warten. It…
erzählen
It is inherited from Middle High German erzellen, inherited from Old High German irzellen, formed from German er- + zählen. The simple verb is Old High German zellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną…
es
It is inherited from Middle High German ëȥ, inherited from Old High German iȥ, inherited from Proto-Germanic *it. The same word is Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰 (ita) and Old Saxon it, and it survives as Low German…
etwa
It is inherited from Middle High German etewā, contracted etwā, inherited from Old High German eddeshwār (“somewhere”), from Old High German eddes- + hwār (“where”). The second part is the adverb…
etwas
It is inherited from Middle High German etewaʒ, inherited from Old High German eddeshwaz, the neuter of a lost pronoun eddeshwer (“someone”). The second part is the interrogative was; the first is a…
evangelisch
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…
fahren
It is inherited from Middle High German varn, inherited from Old High German faran, inherited from Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, travel”). The same verb is Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 (faran), Old Norse fara…
Fahrt
It is inherited from Middle High German vart, inherited from Old High German fart, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fardi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fardiz (“journey”), a noun in ⟨*-ti-⟩…
Fall
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…
fallen
It is inherited from Middle High German vallen, inherited from Old High German fallan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”). The same verb…
Farbe
It is inherited from Middle High German varwe, inherited from Old High German farawa, inherited from Proto-Germanic *farwō. The same word is Middle Low German varwe, Middle Dutch varwe and Dutch…
fast
It is inherited from Middle High German vaste, inherited from Old High German fasto (“firmly, securely; very”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fastō, the adverb without umlaut that belongs to…
feiern
It is inherited from Middle High German vīren, inherited from Old High German fīrōn, a verb formed from the noun fīra (“feast, rest”), now Feier. That noun is borrowed from Late Latin fēria (“feast…
Feld
It is inherited from Middle High German velt, inherited from Old High German feld, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *felþu (“field”). The same word is Old Saxon feld, Old English feld and Old…
fest
It is inherited from Middle High German veste, inherited from Old High German festi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fast, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, fixed”). Old High German…
finden
It is inherited from Middle High German vinden, inherited from Old High German findan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (“to find”). The same strong…
folgen
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…
folgend
It is inherited from Middle High German volgende, inherited from Old High German folgēnto, the present participle of the verb folgen. That verb is volgen, folgēn, Proto-Germanic *fulgāną, the same…
fordern
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…
fördern
It is inherited from Middle High German vürdern, inherited from Old High German furdiren, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *furþrijan, a verb derived from the comparative adverb fürder “further…
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…
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…
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…