Old English Vs Modern German

Old English min nama is…

Modern German (my name is…) mein name Differences ist… min/mein: Modern German shows the addition of the vowel sound /e/.

(my name is…) nama/name: in modern German the word finishes with the vowel sound /e/ in contrast to old English that finishes with the vowel sound /a/. Is/ist: the Modern German word shows the addition of the consonant sound /t/ at the end of it. Similarities min/mein: The two words also shows that both begins with the /m/ sound and also both finishes with the /n/ sound. nama/name: Both words begin with the /n/ sound and also both words have the /m/ sound in the middle of the word. Is/ist: Both words begin with the /i/ sound and have the /s/ sound as second one.

Old English IC

Modern German

(I)

ICH (I)

Differences It is evident the addition of the /h/ consonant sound at the end of the word in the Modern German example. Similarities The /i/ and /c/ sounds presented in both words.

Old English Wilcume (Welcome)

Modern German

Willkommen

differences

(Welcome)

The repetition of the /l/ and /m/ sounds in the modern German example: Willkommen in contrast to the old English example. In contrast to the old English example, the German word presents the addition of the /n/ sound at the end of it. The old English word has a /c/ sound in the middle and the modern German word has a /k/ sound. Similarities both words begin with the /w/ sound. both words have as second the /i/ vowel sound.

Old English Giese (Yes)

Modern German Ja

(Yes)

Differences The main difference between both words is in the amount of elements that form each word; the old English example has more elements than the modern German word. Besides all the spelling elements. Similarities The words do not have any element in common.

Old English Nese (No)

Modern German Nein (No)

Differences The variations in spelling include the /s/ sound in the old English example which is not present in the modern German word. The old English word finishes with a /e/ vowel sound, while the modern German word finishes with the /n/ consonant sound. Similarities Both the English and German examples have as first and second the /n/ and /e/ sound.

Old English Habban (Have)

Modern German Haben (Have)

Differences The old English example shows the repetition of the /b/ sound in the middle of the word, while it does not happen in the modern German example. The old English word has a /a/ vowel sound, while in the same position the modern German word has a /e/ sound. Similarities Both words begin with the /h/ sound and finish with the /n/ sound. Both words have the second sound /a/ and the third sound /b/ in the same position.

Old English Ic nat

(I don`t know)

Modern German

Ich weiss nicht (I don`t know)

Differences It is evident the variations in spelling and syntax: the German example is composed by three words while the English example is form by two of them, besides all the differences in spelling arose by this: the /w/, /e/, /s/ sounds that are not present in the old English example. Similarities The /i/ vowel sound at the beginning of the phrase in both examples.

Old English Niht

(Night)

Modern German Nacht

(Night) Differences The English word has as second one the /i/ vowel sounds , while the German has a /a/ sound in the same position. In contrast to the old English word, the modern example shows the addition of the /c/ sound in the middle of the word (epenthesis).

Similarities Both words begin with the /n/ sound. Both words include the /h/ and /t/ sounds at the end of them.

Old English Sweostor (Sister)

Modern German

Schwester (Sister)

Differences the /c/, /h/ sounds that are shown in the modern German word but not in the old English example. Almost at the end of the English word it has a /o/ vowel sound, while in the same position the German example has a /e/ vowel sound. Similarities Both words examples begin with the /s/ consonant sound and both finish with /r/

Old English Willan (Wish)

Modern German Wunsch

(Wish) Differences The /i/ vowel sound that the old English word has as second but it is not present in the German example. The /u/ vowel sound that the modern German word has as second but it is not present in the old English example. the spelling /ll/ and /n/ in the third position of each word that differ between them. The /s/,/c/, and /h/ sounds present in the modern German word that are not in the old English word.

Similarities Both words begin with /w/.

 The material provided by the professor and study in this

course: the Anglo Saxons and their language, libro. (2009). (CD).  The words provided by the German guy that visited us and

provided us some examples of the German words.  Oceano, Diccionario Plurilingüe. (sf). MM Oceano Grupo

Editorial, Barcelona: España.