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Old_High_German

Old High German

English

Proper noun

Old High German

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

Synonyms

OHG (abbreviation)

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

a language

Armenian: հին բարձր գերմաներեն ‎(hin barjr germaneren)
Bavarian: Oidhochdeitsch
Catalan: alt alemany antic m
Czech: stará horní němčina f, starohornoněmčina f
Danish: Oldhøjtysk, Gammelt højtysk
Dutch: Oudhoogduits (nl) n
Esperanto: malnovaltgermana (eo)
Finnish: muinaisyläsaksa
French: vieux haut-allemand (fr) m
German: Althochdeutsch (de); althochdeutsch (de) (adjective)
Icelandic: fornháþýska f
Irish: Sean-Ard-Ghearmáinis f
Italian: alto tedesco antico (it) m
Japanese: 古高ドイツ語 (ja) ‎(kokōdoitsugo)

Low German: Ooldhoochdüütsch
Macedonian: стар високогермански јазик ‎(star visokogermanski jazik)
Mandarin: 古高地德語
Norwegian: gammelhøytysk (no) m
Old English: Eald Hēah Þēodisc
Old High German: diutisc
Polish: język staro-wysoko-niemiecki m
Portuguese: alto alemão antigo (pt) m
Russian: древневе́рхненеме́цкий язы́к (ru) ‎(drevnevérxneneméckij jazýk)
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)

See also

Old High German on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Wiktionary's coverage of Old High German terms