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.

Pepin the Hunchback languageSpoken Old High German
Hruodhaid nativeLanguage Old High German
Ruodhaid nativeLanguage Old High German
Fastrada languageOfUse Old High German
Gisela languageSpoken Old High German
Lennard etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Louis the Child nativeLanguage Old High German
German stem duchies languageUsed Old High German
Ludwik hasOriginLanguage Old High German
Oldřich etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Erhard etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Hildegard of Vinzgouw languageSpoken Old High German
Friedl etymologicalOriginLanguage Old High German
Heimirich hasLanguageOfUse Old High German
Elder House of Welf language Old High German
Ludvík derivedFrom Old High German
this entity surface form: Old High German Hludwig
Matilda hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Leidener Willeram hasSourceLanguage Old High German
hraban hasLanguageOfUse Old High German
subject surface form: Hraban
Einhart languageOfWorkOrName Old High German
subject surface form: Einhard
Ziu (Old High German) culture Old High German
Ansgar languageOfEvangelization Old High German
Willigis languageSpoken Old High German
Reinhart hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Luitgarde of Saxony languageOfWorkOrName Old High German
Eberhardt hasOriginLanguage Old High German
Adalbert hasOrigin Old High German
Adalbert hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German
Heinrich I of Germany languageSpoken Old High German
Giselbert languageOfUse Old High German
Elbgermanisch ancestralTo Old High German
Elbgermanisch reconstructedFrom Old High German
Brunon etymologicalOrigin Old High German
Brun hasLanguageOfOrigin Old High German