Old High German

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West Germanic language historical language stage of the German language

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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
High German consonant shift 1
Middle High German dialects 1
Old German 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

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

Muspilli → titleLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Runic alphabet → usedForLanguage → Old High German ⓘ