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Old High German

Old High German proper noun: the early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.

Proper noun

Old High German

  1. The early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.
    • 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...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...
    Synonyms:
    OHG, Old High Dutch

Adjective

Old High German (not comparable)

  1. Concerning the Old High German language.
    • … 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; …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...

Synonyms of Old High German

Questions about Old High German

What does Old High German mean?
Old High German means the early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.
What part of speech is Old High German?
Old High German can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Old High German in the dictionary

  1. old hats
  2. old head
  3. old head on young shoulders
  4. Old Hickory
  5. Old High Dutch
  6. Old High German
  7. Old Higue
  8. Old Hill
  9. Old Hilltown
  10. Old Home Week
  11. old horse

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