Old English Modern

min nama is… 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 Modern German
IC ICH
(I) (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 Modern
Wilcume German
(Welcome)
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 Modern
Giese German
(Yes)
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 Modern
Nese German
(No)
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 Modern
Habban German
(Have)
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 Modern
Ic nat German
(I don`t know)
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 Modern
Niht German
(Night)
Nacht
Differences (Night)
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 Modern
Sweostor German
(Sister)
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 Modern
Willan German
(Wish)
Wunsch
Differences (Wish)
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.