Old High German

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Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Old High German canonical 133
Old German 2
High German consonant shift 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language
historical language
stage of the German language
alternativeName Althochdeutsch
characteristicFeature Old High German self-linksurface differs
surface form: High German consonant shift

rich inflectional morphology
synthetic grammar
earlierWritingSystem runic script
hasCaseSystem accusative
dative
genitive
nominative
hasGrammaticalGender feminine
masculine
neuter
influenced Alemannic German dialects
Bavarian German dialects
Luxembourgish
German
surface form: Modern German

Yiddish
languageFamily Germanic
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European

West Germanic languages
surface form: West Germanic
majorDialect Alemannic German
surface form: Alemannic

Bavarian
East Franconian
Lombardic
Rhenish Franconian
notableText Hildebrandslied
Isidor translation
Ludwigslied
Merseburg Incantations
Muspilli
Tatian translation
predecessor Proto-Germanic
West Germanic languages
surface form: West Germanic
region Holy Roman Empire
spokenIn Alemannic German
surface form: Alemannic regions

Bavarian regions
Franconian regions
parts of modern Austria
parts of modern Germany
parts of modern Switzerland
studiedInDiscipline Germanic philology
historical linguistics
subgroup High German
successor Middle High German
timePeriodEnd 11th century
timePeriodStart 6th century
usedIn glosses and glossaries
monastic literature
religious texts
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (138)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dagmar hasOriginInLanguage Old High German
Flemming hasEtymologicalOrigin Old High German
Lutz etymologicalRootLanguage Old High German
Clm 14098 language Old High German
Maud hasOrigin Old High German
this entity surface form: Old German
Hilde hasOrigin Old High German
Hild hasOrigin Old High German
Kingdom of Germany languageUsed Old High German
Otto hasOrigin Old High German
Hrodebert hasLanguageOrigin Old High German
Detlef etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Werner hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Luther etymologyDerivedFrom Old High German
Ulrich hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Wilkin hasNameElementOrigin Old High German
Ermintrude linguisticOrigin Old High German
Walther hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Günther etymologicalOriginLanguage Old High German
Erich etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Hedvig hasOrigin Old High German
Sigmund hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Crimean Gothic relatedTo Old High German
Ewald languageOfOrigin Old High German
Frank hasEtymologicalOrigin Old High German
Kraft (given name) etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Theobald hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Raymond hasOrigin Old High German
Siegfried originatesFrom Old High German
Gisela of Bavaria languageSpoken Old High German
Matilda of Ringelheim nativeLanguage Old High German
Bruno the Great languageOfWorkOrName Old High German
Louis the German languageSpoken Old High German
Bernard of Italy languageOfWorkOrName Old High German
Conrad hasOrigin Old High German
Gisela of Swabia languageSpoken Old High German
Lothair I languageOfWorkOrName Old High German
Duchy of Franconia languageUsed Old High German
Irminones relatedTo Old High German
Kunegunda etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Emme River hasNameOrigin Old High German
Heike etymologicalRootLanguage Old High German
Henry hasOrigin Old High German
Helmuth etymologicalLanguage Old High German
Lambert hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German