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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”.