Old High German (Noun)
Meaning
High German prior to 1200.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The language of the epic poem, the Song of the Nibelungs, is Old High German.
- Old High German was the earliest stage of the High German languages.
- Old High German was spoken in the southern regions of the Holy Roman Empire.
- The earliest written records of the German language date back to Old High German.
- Old High German is an ancestor of the modern German language.