Vocabulary of Old High German (diutisk)

Nouns, definite articles, plurals
Adjectives: predicative - masculine, feminine, neuter
Numerals: masculine, feminine, neuter

1.    mother           muotar, diu muotar, muotar
2.    father           fater, der fater, faterâ
3.    sister           swestar, diu swestar, swestar
4.    brother           bruodar, der bruodar, bruodar
5.    daughter           tohter, diu tohter, tohter
6.    son           sunu, der sunu, suni


1.    water           wazzar, daz wazzar
2.    fire           fiur, daz fiur
3.    sun           sunna, diu sunna
4.    moon           mâno
5.    wind           wint, der wint, winti
6.    rain           regan, der regan


1.    one           einêr, einiu, einaz
2.    two           zwêne, zwâ, zwei
3.    three           drî, drîo, driu
4.    four           fior
5.    five           finf
6.    six           sehs


Unsar brôt tagalîhhaz gib uns hiutu.

Give us today our daily bread.
The Bible, Matthew, 6, 11

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1.    cat           kazza, diu kazza
2.    dog           hunt, der hunt
3.    horse           hros
4.    cow           kuo, diu kuo
5.    fish           fisc, der fisc
6.    bird           fogal, der fogal
7.    tree           boum, der boum, bouma
8.    flower           bluomo


1.    white           hwîz - hwîzêr, hwîziu, hwîzaz
2.    black           swarz - swarzêr, swarziu, swarzaz
3.    red           rôt - rôtêr, rôtiu, rôtaz
4.    green           gruoni - gruonêr, gruoniu, gruonaz
5.    yellow           gelo
6.    blue           blâo
7.    grey           grâo
8.    brown           brûn - brûnêr, brûniu, brûn


Sô ir wollet, thaz iu man tuon, sô tuot ir in selbsama.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.
The Bible, Luke, 6,31

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Old High German was spoken in:

Munichen (Munich)
Stuotgarten (Stuttgart)
Bergheim (Heidelberg)
Wenia (Vienna)
Strazburg (Strasbourg)

9. Fater unser, thû thâr bist in himile, sî giheilagôt thîn namo.
10. Queme thîn rîhhi. Sî thîn willo sô her in himile ist, sô sî her in erdu.
11. Unsar brôt tagalihhaz gib uns hiutu.
12. Inti furlâz uns unsara sculdi, sô wir furlâzemes unsarên sculdîgôn.
13. Inti ni gileitêst unsih in costnunga, ûzouh arlôsi unsih fon ubile.
The Bible, Matthew 6, 9-13 (The Lord's Prayer)

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