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Old High German en · ADJ

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Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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 Archibald A. Hill: III: Historical and comparative linguistics, p. 163ff., here p. 163

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Translations (9)

de althochdeutsch (Old High German) · nl Oudhoogduits (Old High German) · ka ძველი ზემოგერმანული (Old High German) · nds oldhochdütsch (Old High German) · sk starohornonemecký (Old High German) · ru древневерхненемецкий (Old High German) · da oldhøjtysk (Old High German) · hu ófelnémet (Old High German) · pl staro-wysoko-niemiecki (Old High German)

Old High German en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

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 Old Mid Franconian (Altmittelfränkisch), Old Rhine Franconian (Altrheinfränkisch), Old South-Rhine Franconian (Altsüdrheinfränkisch), and Old East Franconian (Altostfränkisch). 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, edited by Claudia Polzin-Haumann and Wolfgang Schweickard), p. 318

Coordinates

German (varieties of German) · Upper German (varieties of German) · Central German (varieties of German) · Gothic (varieties of German) · Low German (varieties of German) · Early Middle High German (varieties of German) · Middle High German (varieties of German) · New High German (varieties of German) · High German (varieties of German) · Early New High German (varieties of German)

Synonyms

Old High Dutch · OHG

Translations (33)

bar Oidhochdeitsch (Old High German) · hy հին բարձր գերմաներեն (Old High German) · sv fornhögtyska (Old High German) · cmn 古高地德語 /古高地德语 (Old High German) · de Althochdeutsch (Old High German) · no gammelhøytysk (Old High German) · ca alt alemany antic (Old High German) · ru древневерхненемецкий (Old High German) · cs starohornoněmčina (Old High German) · pl język staro-wysoko-niemiecki (Old High German) · ka ძველი ზემოგერმანული (Old High German) · sk stará horná nemčina (Old High German) · cs stará horní němčina (Old High German) · tr Eski Yüksek Almanca (Old High German) · yi אַלטדײַטש (Old High German) · fy Aldheechdútsk (Old High German) · mk стар високогермански јазик (Old High German) · ka ძველი ზემოგერმანული ენა (Old High German) · pt alto alemão antigo (Old High German) · yi אַלטהויכדײַטש (Old High German) · ru древневе́рхненеме́цкий язы́к (Old High German) · ga Sean-Ard-Ghearmáinis (Old High German) · fr vieux haut-allemand (Old High German) · fi muinaisyläsaksa (Old High German) · eo malnovaltgermana (Old High German) · da oldhøjtysk (Old High German) · hu ófelnémet (Old High German) · nl Oudhoogduits (Old High German) · it alto tedesco antico (Old High German) · es antiguo alto alemán (Old High German) · is fornháþýska (Old High German) · gl alto alemán antigo (Old High German) · ja 古高ドイツ語 (Old High German)