Differences

min/mein: Modern German shows the addition of the vowel sound /e/. 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.

Modern Modern German German

mein name ist…

(my name is…)

Old EnglishOld Englishmin nama is…

(my name is…)

Old English Old English IC(I)

Modern Modern German German

ICH(I)

DifferencesIt is evident the addition of the /h/ /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 Old English Wilcume

(Welcome)

Modern Modern German German

Willkommen(Welcome)differences

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 Old English Giese

(Yes)

Modern Modern German 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 Old English Nese

(No)

Modern Modern German 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.

SimilaritiesBoth the English and German examples have as first and second the

/n/ and /e/ sound.

Old EnglishOld EnglishHabban

(Have)

Modern Modern GermanGerman

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 Old English Ic nat

(I don`t know)

Modern Modern German 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.

SimilaritiesThe /i/ vowel sound at the beginning of the phrase in both

examples.

Old EnglishOld EnglishNiht(Night)

Modern Modern German 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).

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

Old English Old English Sweostor

(Sister)

Modern Modern German 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.

SimilaritiesBoth words examples begin with the /s/ consonant sound and

both finish with /r/

Old EnglishOld EnglishWillan

(Wish)

Modern Modern German 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.

SimilaritiesBoth 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.