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.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Old High German (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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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
stage of the German language ⓘ
alternativeName Althochdeutsch ⓘ
characteristicFeature High German consonant shift ⓘ
linked to: Old High German

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 ⓘ
Modern German ⓘ
linked to: German

Yiddish ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic ⓘ
Indo-European ⓘ
West Germanic ⓘ
majorDialect Alemannic ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic German

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

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 ⓘ

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

Herbert → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
William → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Yiddish → developedFrom → Middle High German dialects ⓘ
linked to: Old High German
Robert → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Old High German → characteristicFeature → High German consonant shift ⓘ
linked to: Old High German
Willem → hasOriginLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
German → historicalAncestor → Old High German ⓘ
Runic alphabet → usedForLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
West Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Bertram → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Proto-Germanic → ancestorOf → Old High German ⓘ
Lombardic → closelyRelatedTo → Old High German ⓘ
Hildebrandslied → language → Old High German ⓘ
Merseburg Incantations → language → Old High German ⓘ
Ludwigslied → language → Old High German ⓘ
Roger → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Hugh → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Muspilli → language → Old High German ⓘ
Muspilli → titleLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Proto-West Germanic → ancestorOf → Old High German ⓘ
Hilda → etymologicalLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Walter → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Hugo → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Bernhard → languageOfOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Salian dynasty → languageUsed → Old High German ⓘ
Ottonian dynasty → languageUsed → Old High German ⓘ
Ernest → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Willahelm → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Leonard → hasOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
East Francia → hasLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Carolingian Empire → language → Old High German ⓘ
Swiss Germans → historicalLanguageOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Ludwig → etymologicalOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
High German → hasHistoricalStage → Old High German ⓘ
Upper German → historicalDevelopmentFrom → Old High German ⓘ
Konrad → etymologicalOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Middle High German → follows → Old High German ⓘ
Rudolf → etymologicalOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Friedrich → languageOfOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Old Frankish → closelyRelatedTo → Old High German ⓘ
Henrik → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Baldwin → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Old German ⓘ
linked to: Old High German
Albrecht → languageOfOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Central Bavarian → developedFrom → Old High German ⓘ
Reinhard → etymologicalOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Reginald → etymologicalOriginLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Guilherme → hasOriginLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Wolfram → etymologicalOrigin → Old High German ⓘ
Pfennig → etymologyLanguage → Old High German ⓘ
Elbe Germanic languages → closelyRelatedTo → Old High German ⓘ