Words that come from Old High German man

356 words across 39 languages descend from Old High German man — including Friedman, Mendelssohn, Mendel, Edelman, Eichmann, Mendelian, freedman, Hauptmann.

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German (165)

English (53)

Dutch (20)

Polish (16)

Yiddish (15)

Czech (9)

Alemannic German (6)

Romanian (6)

Luxembourgish (5)

Russian (5)

Cimbrian (5)

French (4)

Manx (4)

Volapük (4)

Bavarian (3)

Old High German (3)

Danish (2)

Breton (2)

Mòcheno (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle High German (2)

Ingrian (2)

Kashubian (2)

Silesian (2)

Vilamovian (2)

Icelandic (1)

Chuukese (1)

Cherokee (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle English (1)

Finnish (1)

Uzbek (1)

Old Czech (1)

East Central German (1)

Japanese (1)