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 9).
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
töten
It is inherited from Middle High German tœten (also tœden), inherited from Old High German tōden, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *daudijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *daudijaną (“to make…
tragen
It is inherited from Middle High German tragen, inherited from Old High German tragan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to haul, carry”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to…
treffen
It is inherited from Middle High German treffen, inherited from Old High German treffan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike”). The same…
treten
It is inherited from Middle High German treten, inherited from Old High German tretan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tredan (“to tread”). The West Germanic strong verb is also continued in Old…
tun
It is inherited from Middle High German tuon, inherited from Old High German tuon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, a verb found only in West Germanic: Old Saxon dōn, Old English dōn and Old…
Tür
It is inherited from Middle High German tür, inherited from Old High German turi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *dur, inherited from Proto-Germanic *durīz (“door”). The Old High German word was…
über
It is inherited from Middle High German über, inherited from Old High German ubiri (“beyond, more”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *ubiri (“over, above”). In Old High German the preposition was…
übernehmen
It is inherited from Middle High German übernemen, inherited from Old High German ubarneman (“to overcome”), formed from Old High German ubar (“over”) + neman (“to take”), in today's terms über and…
um
It is inherited from Middle High German umbe, inherited from Old High German umbi, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *umbi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”). The same word is…
und
It is inherited from Middle High German unde, inherited from Old High German unti, inherited from Proto-Germanic *anþi, with the zero-grade variant *unþi. The vowel varies in Old High German…
uns
It is inherited from Middle High German uns, inherited from Old High German uns, inherited from Proto-Germanic *uns. The same word is Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns), beside 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌹𐍃 (unsis, “us”), Old Norse oss, Old…
unser
It is inherited from Middle High German unser, inherited from Old High German unsēr, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *unsar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“our”). The same possessive is…
unter
It is inherited from Middle High German under, inherited from Old High German untar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *under (“under, among”). The same word is Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 (undar), Old Norse undir…
unterstützen
It is inherited from Middle High German understützen, inherited from Old High German untarstuzzen, formed with untar (“under”) on a verb -stuzzen that occurs only with prefixes. The compound is…
unterwegs
It is inherited from Middle High German underwegen, inherited from Old High German untar wegun, a phrase of unter “between, among” and the dative plural of Weg “way”, literally “between the ways, on…
Urteil
It is inherited from Middle High German urteil, inherited from Old High German urteili, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī (“what is handed out”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *uzdailiją…
Vater
It is inherited from Middle High German vater, inherited from Old High German fater, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fader, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fadēr (“father”). The same word is…
verbinden
It is inherited from Middle High German verbinden, inherited from Old High German firbintan (“to bind up, bandage”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan, made of the prefix ver- and…
verdienen
It is inherited from Middle High German verdienen, inherited from Old High German firdionōn, a formation with the prefix ver- on dienen “to serve”. Wiktionary takes it as a calque of Latin dēserviō…
vergeben
It is inherited from Middle High German vergëben, inherited from Old High German firgeban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (“to give away, grant; to forgive”), a prefixed form of geben with…
vergessen
It is inherited from Middle High German vergezzen, inherited from Old High German firgezzan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. It is a West Germanic formation with the prefix ver-, found…
verhindern
It is inherited from Middle High German verhindern, inherited from Old High German firhintaren (“to cheat, defraud, withhold”): the prefix ver- added to hindern. The Grimms' dictionary notes that…
verkaufen
It is inherited from Middle High German verkoufen, inherited from Old High German firkoufen (“to sell”), from Old High German fir- + koufen (“to buy, trade”). The prefix gives the sense “to dispose…
verlangen
It is late inherited from Middle High German verlangen (“to long for”), formed with the prefix ver- on langen, inherited from Old High German langēn (“to long for”). Old High German also had…
verlassen
It is inherited from Middle High German verlāzen, inherited from Old High German firlāzan (“to let go, leave, abandon”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fralātan, inherited from Proto-Germanic…
verlieren
It is inherited from Middle High German verliesen, inherited from Old High German firliosan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fraleusan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”)…
Verlust
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…
Veröffentlichung
It is formed from German veröffentlichen + -ung. The verb veröffentlichen was made in the 19th century from ver- and öffentlich, as a German replacement for publizieren, and the noun replaced…