Old High German


noun

High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG

Origin of Old High German

First recorded in 1885–90

British Dictionary definitions for old high german

Old High German

noun

a group of West Germanic dialects that eventually developed into modern German; High German up to about 1200: spoken in the Middle Ages on the upper Rhine, in Bavaria, Alsace, and elsewhere, including Alemannic, Bavarian, Langobardic, and Upper Franconian Abbreviation: OHG