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 5).
Herz
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…
heute
It is inherited from Middle High German hiute, inherited from Old High German hiutu, contracted from the instrumental phrase *hiu tagu (“on this day”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu…
heutig
It is inherited from Middle High German hiutec, inherited from Old High German hiutīg, an adjective formed with the suffix -īg (modern -ig) from the adverb hiutu (“today”), modern heute. The adverb…
hier
It is inherited from Middle High German hier beside the usual hie, inherited from Old High German hiar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r (“here”). The same word is Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐍂 (hēr), Old Norse…
Hilfe
It is inherited from Middle High German hilfe (also helfe), inherited from Old High German hilfa (also helfa), inherited from Proto-Germanic *helpō (“help”), an action noun from the strong verb…
hin
It is inherited from Middle High German hin (also hine), inherited from Old High German hina, an adverb formed with an n-suffix from the pronoun stem Proto-Germanic *hi- (“this”), from…
hinaus
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…
hinter
It is inherited from Middle High German hinder, inherited from Old High German hintar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind”). Kluge reconstructs the Germanic preposition as *henderan. The…
hoch
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…
Hof
It is inherited from Middle High German hof, inherited from Old High German hof, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hufą. The same word is Old Saxon hof, Old Frisian hof (“court, yard”), Old English hof…
Höhe
It is inherited from Middle High German hœhe, inherited from Old High German hōhī, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hauhī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauhį̄ (“height”), an abstract noun…
holen
It is inherited from Middle High German holen or haln, inherited from Old High German holōn beside halōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *holōn. Kluge reconstructs West Germanic *hal-ō- with a…
hören
It is inherited from Middle High German hœren, inherited from Old High German hōren, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”). The same verb is Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan), Old Norse heyra…
Hund
It is inherited from Middle High German hunt, inherited from Old High German hunt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hund, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hundaz (“dog”). The same word is Gothic…
ich
It is inherited from Middle High German ich, inherited from Old High German ih, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ik, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ek. The same pronoun is Gothic 𐌹𐌺 (ik), Old…
Ich
It is the pronoun ich “I”, used as a neuter noun. The pronoun is inherited from Middle High German ich, inherited from Old High German ih, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ek, the same word as Gothic…
ihm
It is inherited from Middle High German im, inherited from Old High German imu, the dative of the pronoun er, from the pronominal stem of Proto-Germanic *iz (“he”). The same form is Old Saxon imu…
ihn
It is inherited from Middle High German in, inherited from Old High German inan, the accusative of the pronoun er. The same form is Old Saxon ina and Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌰 (ina), while Old Norse, Old English…
immer
It is from Old High German io (“ever”) + mēr (“more”), Middle High German iemer, immer: Old High German “iomēr” was joined together from the adverb behind je and the comparative behind mehr. The…
in
1. The preposition is inherited from Middle High German in, inherited from Old High German in, inherited from Proto-Germanic *in, older *eni. The same word is Gothic 𐌹𐌽 (in), Old Norse í, Old…
innerhalb
It is inherited from Middle High German innerhalp, inherited from Old High German innerūnhalp, also ininhalb and innanhalb, literally “on the inner side”. The phrase joins an inflected form of the…
ja
It is inherited from Middle High German jā, inherited from Old High German jā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes”). The same word is Gothic 𐌾𐌰 (ja), Old Saxon ja, Old Frisian je, Old English…
Jahr
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…
jährig
It is inherited from Middle High German jærec, inherited from Old High German jārīg, an adjective formed from the noun that is now Jahr with the suffix -ig. That noun goes back to Proto-Germanic…
jährlich
It is inherited from Middle High German jærlich, inherited from Old High German jārlīh, from Old High German jār (“year”) + -līh. Old High German also had the adverb jārlīhhēn (“yearly”). The same…
je
It is inherited from Middle High German ie, inherited from Old High German io, inherited from Proto-Germanic *aiwin (“always, ever”). The same adverb is Old Saxon eo, Old Norse æ, Old English ā and…
jeder
It is inherited from Middle High German ieweder, inherited from Old High German iowedar, older eohwedar and eogiwedar, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aiwin-gi-hweþera- (“each of two”). The same…
jedoch
It is inherited from Middle High German iedoch, inherited from Old High German iodoh, from Old High German io (“ever, always”) + doh (“yet, though”), the forerunners of je and doch. The same…
jemand
It is inherited from Middle High German ieman, inherited from Old High German ioman, from Old High German io (“ever, always”) + man (“man, person”), the ancestors of je and Mann, so at first “any…
jener
It is inherited from Middle High German jener, inherited from Old High German jenēr, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *jain, inherited from Proto-Germanic *jainaz (“that over there”). Related…
jetzt
It is inherited from Middle High German iezuo (“just now, presently”), inherited from Old High German iozuo (“at once; further”), formed from Old High German io (“ever, always”) + zuo (“to”), that…
jüdisch
It is inherited from Middle High German jüdisch, inherited from Old High German judeisc, borrowed from Latin iūdaeus (“Jewish, Judaean”), with the Latin ending replaced by the suffix -isc, which…
Jugend
It is inherited from Middle High German jugent, inherited from Old High German jugund, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi (“youth”). The same word is Old Saxon juguð, Old English geoguþ…
jugendlich
It is inherited from Middle High German jugentlich, inherited from Old High German jugundlīh, an adjective formed with the suffix -lich on Jugend “youth”. The noun is jugund, from Proto-West…
jung
It is inherited from Middle High German junc, inherited from Old High German jung, inherited from Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”). The same word is Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs), Old Saxon jung, Old Norse…
Junge
It is inherited from Middle High German junge (“youth, young man”), inherited from Old High German jungo (“young man”), the weak masculine form of the adjective jung used as a noun. In the sense…
Kampf
It is inherited from Middle High German kampf, inherited from Old High German kampf (“single combat, duel”), borrowed from Latin campus (“field, battlefield”). Pfeifer and the EWA date the borrowing…
kämpfen
It is inherited from Middle High German kempfen, inherited from Old High German kempfan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to battle”), formed from the noun Kampf, Old High German…
kaufen
It is inherited from Middle High German koufen, inherited from Old High German koufōn, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kaupōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną (“to trade, buy”). The same…
kaum
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…
kein
It is inherited from Middle High German kein, a shortening of nekein and enkein, inherited from Old High German nihein, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nehwain, originally “and not one”. The Old…
kennen
It is inherited from Middle High German kennen, inherited from Old High German kennen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”). The…
Kind
It is inherited from Middle High German kint, inherited from Old High German kind, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kind, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kinþą (“child”). Kluge and Pfeifer take…
Kirche
It is inherited from Middle High German kirche, inherited from Old High German kirihha, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, borrowed from Ancient Greek κυρικόν (kūrikón, “house of God”), a…
klein
It is inherited from Middle High German kleine, inherited from Old High German kleini, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“fine, dainty”). The same West Germanic adjective is Old Saxon…
kommen
It is inherited from Middle High German komen, inherited from Old High German queman, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European…
König
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…
können
It is inherited from Middle High German kunnen or künnen, inherited from Old High German kunnan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, be…
Kopf
It is inherited from Middle High German kopf (“drinking vessel, skull, head”), inherited from Old High German kopf (“cup, bowl”), which Kluge, Pfeifer and the Duden dictionary take as an early loan…
kosten
1. The verb meaning “to cost” is inherited from Middle High German kosten, borrowed from Old French coster (“to cost”) (now French coûter). Pfeifer dates the borrowing to about 1200, on the Middle…
Kosten
It is the plural form, inherited from Middle High German koste (“value, price, expense”), inherited from Old High German kosta (“value”), borrowed from Medieval Latin costa (“expense”). Medieval…
Kraft
It is inherited from Middle High German kraft, inherited from Old High German kraft, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”). Kluge…
Kreis
It is inherited from Middle High German kreiz, inherited from Old High German kreiz (“circle, circuit, district”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *krait, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz…
Krieg
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…
künftig
It is inherited from Middle High German künftic, inherited from Old High German kumftīg, formed from Old High German kumft (“coming, arrival”) + -īg: properly “about to come, characterised by…
Kunst
It is inherited from Middle High German kunst, inherited from Old High German kunst, inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunstiz (“knowledge, ability”). It is an abstract noun of the verb können, formed…
kurz
It is inherited from Middle High German kurz, inherited from Old High German kurz, borrowed from Latin curtus (“shortened, docked, mutilated”), borrowed before the High German consonant shift, so…
Lage
It is inherited from Middle High German lāge, inherited from Old High German lāga (“ambush, trap”), an abstract noun of liegen with a different vowel grade. Duden calls it a word found only in…
Land
It is inherited from Middle High German lant, inherited from Old High German lant, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *land, inherited from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”). The same word is Gothic…
lang
It is inherited from Middle High German lanc, inherited from Old High German lang, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *lang, inherited from Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”). The same word is Gothic…