Universidad Nacional

Sede Regional Chorotega

Campus Liberia

Course: Diacronìa de la Lengua Inglesa

Poffesor: David Villalobos.

Old English & Contemporary German comparison.

Submitted by:
Submitted by: Yamileth Barquero E.

November 2009, Liberia, Gte.

Hus (Old English) Haus (Modern German)
Modern English: House.
Lets see the first similarity. In the Modern
German there is a more letter; the vowel “a” that
in the Old English, but in the Modern English
there is one more vowel; the “e” is added at the
end. It because Modern English seems somewhat
"more progressive" than Modern German.
Nama (Old English) name (Modern German)
 Modern English: Name.
 In this case the word “name” has the same
grammatical structure in the modern English and
German. In the Old English it varies at the end
with the “a” vowel instead of “e” as in the
modern.
God (Old English) gut (Modern German)
 Modern English: Good.
 Observing this relation we van notice that both
words begin with the same letter (g) but the
following vary. But they are familiar in the sound.
We can notice that there is a more closely
relationship between the Old and Modern
English that with the German.
 Welcume (Old English) Willcommen
(Modern German)
 Modern English: Welcome.
 Here more similarities about the German and
the English language. Both words conserve a
very parallel structure. The same consonants in
both cases and the majority of vowels. (e, i and
o)
 Boc (Old English) Buch (Modern German)
 Modern English: book.
 The situation here is that both words begin
with the “b” consonant. There is a little
difference in the composition. We can see
that both English have similar sound.
 Ic (Old English) Ich (Modern German)
 Modern English: I
 As we can see the similarity is obvious. Just at
the end of the word in the Modern German there
is an “h” more added . In the Modern English we
find the vowel just the vowel “I” without the
consonants.
Breost (Old English) Brust (Modern German)
 Modern English: Breast.
 In this example the similarities are really evident,
the words differ in the vowels. In the Old English
the vowels are “e” and “o” and in the Modern
German the vowels changed for “u”. And in the
Modern English the vowels are “e” and “e”. But
in the three examples the word begin with the
consonants “b” and “r” and finish with “s” and “t”.
 Glæs (Old English) glas (Modern German)
 Modern English: Glass.
 Lets see this curious case. The wors are
very similar, just in the Old English the
only difference is in the “æ” vowel. In the
Modern German it changes for “a”
vowel. If we see the Modern English the
change occurs in the “s” consonant. Its is
added one more at the end of the word.
Gold (Old English) Gold (Modern German)
 Modern English: Gold.
 Some words are formed in similar ways. The
Modern English and German maintain the same
structure from the old English, we can see this in
the above example.
 Modor (Old English) Mutter (Modern
German)
 Modern English: Mother.
 The distinction between the words modor and
mutter is in the middle. As we can see both
begin with letter “m” and finish with “r” letter.
Finger (Old English) finger (Modern German)
 Modern English: Finger.
 It is really easy the words in the Old English and
the Modern German have the same grammatical
structure. The Modern English keep up the same
structure, too.
Apfel (Old English) Apfel (Modern German)
 Modern English: Apple.
 In this case the word “apfel” has the same
structure in both cases. But in the Modern
English change its appearance for “apple”.