Old High German

English

Proper noun

Old High German

1. The early recorded form of the 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, Middle High German, Early Middle High German, Early New High German, New High German, Low German, Central German, Gothic (East Germanic)

Translations

Old High German

• Armenian: հին բարձր գերմաներեն (hin barjr germaneren)
• Bavarian: Oidhochdeitsch
• Catalan: alt alemany antic m
• Czech: stará horní němčina f, starohornoněmčina f
• Danish: oldhøjtysk
• Dutch: Oudhoogduits (nl) n
• Esperanto: malnovaltgermana (eo)
• Finnish: muinaisyläsaksa
• 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
• 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)