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 11th century.
   • 2019, Javier Caro Reina, Central Catalan and Swabian: A study in the framework of the typology of syllable and word languages (series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, vol. 422, edited by Claudia Polzin-Haumann and Wolfgang Schweickard), p. 318:

     Old Alemannic is a dialect of Old High German, which is traditionally divided into two main dialect groups: Old Upper German (Altoberdeutsch) and Old Franconian (Altfränkisch). Old Upper German comprises Old Alemannic (Altalemannisch) and Old Bavarian (Altbairisch) while Old Franconian consists of Old Mid Franconian (Altmittelfränkisch), Old Rhine Franconian (Altrheinfränkisch), Old South-Rhine Franconian (Altsüdrheinfränkisch), and Old East Franconian (Altostfränkisch).

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／古高地德语 (gǔgāodìdéyǔ)
• 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.
   • Herbert Penzl, Methods of textual linguistics and the old high German Ludwigslied, in: 1978, Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Edgar C. Polomé, Werner Winter (eds.), Linguistic and literary studies: In honor of Archibald A. Hill: III: Historical and comparative linguistics, p. 163ff., here p. 163:

     [...] one particular Old High German text. This text is the Ludwigslied, which is 59 lines long and was written in a special Old Franconian dialect in 881 or 882 after the battle of Saucourt; [...]

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)