Old High German

Old High German

English

Proper noun

Old High German

1. The early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 12th century.

Synonyms

• OHG (abbreviation)
• Old High Dutch

Coordinate terms

• (varieties of German):
  • German
    • High German (= High Dutch)
      • Middle High German, Early Middle High German, Early New High German, New High German
      • Central German, Upper German
    • Low German
  • Gothic (East Germanic)

Translations

Old High German

Armenian: հին բարձր գերմաներեն (hin barjr germaneren) Bavarian: Oidhochdeitsch Catalan: alt alemany antic m Chinese: Mandarin: 古高地德语 (gǔgāodìdéyǔ) Czech: stará horní němčina f, starohornoněmčina f Danish: oldhøjtysk Dutch: Oudhoogduits (nl) n Esperanto: malnovaltgermana (eo) Finnish: muinaisyläsaksa (fi) French: vieux haut-allemand (fr) m Galician: alto alemán antigo m Georgian: ძველი ზემოგერმანული (ʒveli zemogermanuli), ძველი ზემოგერმანული ენა (ʒveli zemogermanuli ena) German: Althochdeutsch (de) n Hungarian: ófelnémet (hu) Icelandic: fornháþýska f Irish: Sean-Ard-Ghearmáinis f Italian: alto tedesco antico (it) m Japanese: 古高ドイツ語 (ja) (kokōdoitsugo) Macedonian: стар високогермански јазик (star visokogermanski jazik) Mandarin: 古高地德語 Norwegian: gammelhøytysk (no) m Polish: język staro-wysoko-niemiecki m Portuguese: alto alemão antigo (pt) m Russian: древневе́рхненеме́цкий язы́к (ru) (drevnevérxneneméckij jazýk), древневерхненемецкий (ru) m (drevneverxnenemeckij) Spanish: antiguo alto alemán m Swedish: fornhögtyska (sv) c Turkish: Eski Yüksek Almanca (tr) West Frisian: Aldheechdútsk n Yiddish: אַלטהויכדײַטש‎ n (althoykhdaytsh), אַלטדײַטש‎ n (altdaytsh)

Adjective

Old High German (not comparable)

1. Concerning the Old High German language.

Translations

Old High German

Danish: oldhøjtysk Dutch: Oudhoogduits (nl) Georgian: ძველი ზემოგერმანული (ʒveli zemogermanuli) German: althochdeutsch (de) Hungarian: ófelnémet (hu) Low German: oldhochdütsch Polish: staro-wysoko-niemiecki Russian: древневерхненемецкий (ru) (drevneverxnenemeckij)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old High German terms

Further reading

• Old High German on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code goh (SIL)