Old High German

American  

noun

1. High German before 1100. OHG, O.H.G., OHG.

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Old High German British  

noun

1. OHG. a group of West Germanic dialects that eventually developed into modern German; High German up to about 1200: spoken in the Middle Ages on the upper Rhine, in Bavaria, Alsace, and elsewhere, including Alemannic, Bavarian, Langobardic, and Upper Franconian

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Etymology

Origin of Old High German

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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Old High German

In Old Dutch there was "fader"; in Old Icelandic we find "faðir"; in Old High German, a precursor to modern German, it was "fater" – now "vater"; and, finally, in Old Danish, "fathær."

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022

The Old High German Period, culminating about 600 A. D. The chief development of this period is the epic legend and poetry.

From Song and Legend from the Middle Ages by Porter Lander MacClintock

The Christmas waits were originally watchmen, Anglo-Fr. waite, Old Fr. gaite, from the Old High German form of modern Ger.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

Scandinavians, Germans, Celts, and Romans have preserved a common name for the ocean—the Old Norse mar, the Old High German mari, the Latin mare.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.

Various pieces of information about social life may be gleaned from the decrees of Church Councils, Old High German and Anglo-Saxon charms and poems, and Aelfric's Colloquium, extracts from which are translated in Bell's Eng.

From Medieval People by Eileen Edna Power

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