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

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

On the other hand, in the Old High German, the Icelandic, and some of the Low German dialects, the word occurs as it does in English.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The older language, however, shows that they are compounds; since -ly is nothing else than -lic, Anglo-Saxon; -lih, Old High German; -leiks, Mœso-Gothic; = like, or similis, and equally with it an independent separate word.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Old High German ist, wirdit kepan, was, warth kepan.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

BAN—BUREAU There is a word ban, found in Old High German and Anglo-Saxon, and meaning, as far back as it can be traced, a proclamation containing a threat, hence a command or prohibition.

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