Old High German Elements

ackar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "field".

adal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "noble".

aha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "river, stream".

ahsa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axle".

alb Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "elf".

alles Old High German
Old High German word meaning "other, else".

alt Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "old".

anker Old High German
Old High German word meaning "anchor" (of Latin origin).

ansi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".

anto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "zeal".

arbeit Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "work".

arn Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "eagle".

asc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ash tree".

atto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "father".

bah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stream".

bald Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bold, brave".

bart Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "beard".

barta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axe".

batu 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

beckari Old High German
Old High German word meaning "baker".

beraht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bright".

berg Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

bern Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bear (animal)".

bero Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bear (animal)".

bibar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beaver".

biben Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to tremble".

birka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "birch tree".

blanc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "white".

blao Old High German
Old High German word meaning "blue".

bluomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bloom, flower".

bona Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bean".

bot 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "command, order".

boug Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ring, bracelet".

boum Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tree".

brant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fire, torch, sword".

breit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "broad".

briuwan Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "to brew".

brun Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "brown".

brunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "armour".

buohha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beech tree".

bur Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old High German, Old English, Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "dwelling, room". In Old High German it also acquired the meaning "peasant", and later "farmer".

burg Old High German, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

busk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bush".

butil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bag, pouch".

danc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thought, consideration, thanks".

diota Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people, tribe".

diutisk Old High German
Old High German word meaning "of the people, of the tribe, German".

dorf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "village".

dorn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "thorn".

draen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to turn".

dresken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to thresh".

drud Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strength".

durri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dry" (later acquiring the meaning "thin").

ebur Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "boar".

egi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fear".

eih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oak".

ein Old High German
Old High German word meaning "one".

einig Old High German
Old High German word meaning "united".

ekka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "edge, corner".

ellan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "courage".

engil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "angel" (of Greek origin).

enz Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "giant".

era Old High German
Old High German word meaning "honour, respect".

erda Old High German
Old High German word meaning "earth, soil".

erkan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pure, holy, genuine".

ernust Old High German
Old High German word meaning "serious, earnest".

ewa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "law, custom".

falco Old High German, Late Roman
Old High German and Late Latin word meaning "falcon".

fara Old High German
Old High German word meaning "journey".

farawa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "colour".

fardi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "journey".

farn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fern".

feld Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Saxon
Old English, Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "field".

fenni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fen, swamp".

fidula Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fiddle".

figa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fig" (of Latin origin).

filu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "much".

fisc Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "fish".

fogal Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bird".

folk Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German and Old Norse word meaning "people".

forst Old High German
Old High German word meaning "forest".

Franko Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "a Frank", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

fri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "free".

fridu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "peace".

frost Old High German, Anglo-Saxon
Old High German and Old English word meaning "frost".

frouwida Old High German
Old High German word meaning "joy".

fuhs Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "fox".

funs 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃 Old High German, Gothic (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Gothic word meaning "ready".

fuoren Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to lead".

gang 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, way".

garawen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to prepare".

garo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ready, prepared".

gart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "enclosure".

garto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "garden".

gast Old High German
Old High German word meaning "guest, stranger".

gawi Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "territory, region".

geba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "gift".

geiz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "goat".

gelt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "payment, tribute, compensation".

ger Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Frisian
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Frisian word meaning "spear".

gersta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "barley".

gisal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pledge, hostage".

glas 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "glass".

gold Anglo-Saxon, Old High German
Old English and Old High German word meaning "gold".

gomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "man".

got Old High German
Old High German word meaning "god".

goz Old High German
Germanic affix meaning "a Geat", referring to a member of the North Germanic tribe that lived in Sweden.

grafio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "count".

grimo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mask".

gris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "grey".

groz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "great, large, coarse".

gruoni Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "green".

gunda Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

guot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "good".

habaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "oat".

habuh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hawk".

hadu Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "battle, combat".

hafan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pot, vessel".

hag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "enclosure, hedge".

halla Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hall, manor".

hart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".

haso Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "hare".

heida Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heath, heather".

heil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "healthy, whole".

heim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "home".

heisti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "loud, violent".

heit Old High German
Old High German suffix meaning "kind, sort, type". It converts an adjective into a noun.

helfa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "help".

helm Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "helmet".

heri Old High German
Old High German word meaning "army".

herizogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "army leader, duke".

herro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "master".

hilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

hiruz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hart, deer".

hlut Old High German
Old High German word meaning "famous, loud".

hof Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "yard, court, house".

hoh 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "high".

hold Old High German
Old High German word meaning "favourable, gracious, graceful, loyal".

holz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wood".

horn Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German, Old Norse and Old Dutch word meaning "horn".

houbit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head".

houwan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to chop, to cut".

hraban Old High German
Old High German word meaning "raven".

hram Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "raven" (a variant of hraban).

hris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "twig, branch, bush".

hros Old High German
Old High German word meaning "horse".

hruod Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

hruoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crow, rook".

hruom Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

hugu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mind, thought, spirit".

humbal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bee".

hun 1 Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish element meaning "bear cub, offspring".

huoba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "plot of land, farm".

huot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hood, hat".

hurst Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "wood, thicket, nest".

hus Old High German, Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "house".

id Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German element possibly meaning "work, labour".

ing Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch suffix meaning "belonging to".

irmin Old High German
Old High German prefix meaning "whole, great, universal".

is Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "ice".

isarn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "iron".

iwa 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "yew tree".

jagon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to hunt".

jung 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "young".

karl Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German (also spelled karal) and Old Norse word meaning "man".

kasto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crate".

keisar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "emperor", derived from the Roman name Caesar.

kemphio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "champion, warrior".

kind Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "child".

kirihha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "church" (from Greek).

kista Old High German
Old High German word meaning "chest, box" (via Latin from Greek).

kleini Old High German
Old High German word meaning "small, little".

kneht Old Germanic (Hypothetical), Old High German
West Germanic and Old High German word meaning "servant, apprentice".

knopf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "button".

koh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a cook".

kol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "coal".

kollo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head, peak".

kolo 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cabbage".

kopf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head".

korn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kernel, grain".

koufon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to buy, to trade".

kram Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tent, trading post".

kranz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wreath".

krona Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crown", ultimately from Latin corona.

kruog Old High German
Old High German word meaning "jug, pot".

kuni 1 Frankish (Hypothetical), Old High German
Frankish word meaning "clan, family". As an Old High German and Frankish prefix it meant "kingly, royal".

kuning Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "king".

kuningrihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom".

kunni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "clan, family".

kuofa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "container, cask, barrel".

kuoni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "brave, bold".

lahhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "doctor, healer".

lang Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "long".

lant Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "land".

leiba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

leih Old High German
Old High German word meaning "melody, tune".

lewo Old High German, Old Dutch, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "lion".

lind 1 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "soft, flexible, tender, mild".

linta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

liob Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dear, beloved".

lioht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "light".

liut Old High German
Old High German word meaning "people".

lob Old High German
Old High German word meaning "praise".

luzil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "small".

mahal Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "meeting, assembly, court".

mahhon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to make".

maht Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "might, strength".

man 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "person, man".

manag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "many".

mandala Old High German
Old High German word meaning "almond", of Latin origin.

marah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "horse".

mari Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "famous, illustrious, known".

marka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "border, boundary, march".

megin Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "power, strength".

mezzirahs Old High German
Old High German word meaning "knife".

minna 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "love, remembrance".

morgan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "morning".

mulin Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mill".

munt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "protection".

muor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "moor, heath, bog".

muot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mind, spirit, courage".

muozan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "must, have to".

mura 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wall", of Latin origin.

mus Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "mouse".

nagal Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "nail, peg".

nand Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "daring, brave".

nidar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "down".

niuwi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "new".

nord Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "north".

not Old High German
Old High German word meaning "need, necessity".

nuz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "nut".

oheim Old High German
Old High German word meaning "maternal uncle".

ort Old High German
Old High German word meaning "point".

ost Old High German
Old High German word meaning "east".

ot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wealth, fortune".

ouwa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "meadow by a river, wetland".

pfenning Old High German
Old High German word meaning "penny".

pfuol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pool".

phifan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to peep, to pipe".

rad 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wheel".

rant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rim (of a shield)".

rasc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "quick".

rat Old High German
Old High German word meaning "counsel, advice".

regin Old Norse, Old High German (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Norse, Old High German and Frankish word meaning "advice, counsel, decision". In Old Norse it acquired the meaning "power of the gods".

reginbogo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rainbow".

reigaro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heron".

rih Old High German
Old High German affix meaning "ruler, king".

rihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom, realm" or "rich, mighty" (from rīkiją and rīkijaz, derivatives of rīks).

risi Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "giant".

ritan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to ride".

riuti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cleared land".

rot Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "red".

runa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "secret lore, rune".

sahso Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a Saxon", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

sal 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "house, hall".

salba 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰 Old High German, Gothic
Old High German and Gothic word meaning "salve, ointment".

salo 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "dark, black".

sant Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sand".

scalc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "servant".

scenken Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to pour out".

scilt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shield".

sconi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beautiful, good, nice".

scrian Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to shout, to yell".

sculdheizo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "arbiter, debt settler".

scuoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "shoe".

seo 5 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "sea".

sigu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "victory".

silabar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "silver".

sind Old High German
Old High German word meaning "path, journey".

skeran Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to cut, to shear".

skirmen Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "to defend".

sloz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "lock".

smid Old High German
Old High German word meaning "craftsman, smith".

snel Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "quick, fast".

sneo Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "snow".

snidan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to cut".

snuor Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rope, cord".

sorga Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worry, care".

speht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "woodpecker".

stark Old High German
Old High German word meaning "strong".

stein Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stone".

stellen Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to set, to place".

sterno Old High German
Old High German word meaning "star".

stro Old High German
Old High German word meaning "straw".

strub Old High German
Old High German word meaning "rough, unkempt".

stuba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "room".

stucki Old High German
Old High German word meaning "piece, part".

sturm Old High German
Old High German word meaning "storm".

sumar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "summer".

sunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sun".

sunt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "south".

suozi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "sweet".

swan Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "swan".

swar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "heavy, serious".

swarz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "black".

swind Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "strong".

tag Old High German
Old High German word meaning "day".

tal 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "valley".

tamm Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word (unattested) meaning "dam".

tiuf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "deep".