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Every Germanic word

Words players have found whose deepest named ancestor belongs to the Germanic family. A family is a group of languages, so this is wider than any single one of them.

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  • HARPnounProto-Germanic32 findersA musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard w
  • HARPOONnounDutch44 findersA spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
  • HARROWnounDutch1 finderA device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seed
  • HARVESTMANnounGerman7 findersA male harvester; any harvester (person who works to gather in the crops at harvest time).
  • HASTverbProto-Germanic27 finderssecond-person singular simple present indicative of have
  • HASTYadjectiveFrankish15 findersActing or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
  • HATCHnounGerman13 findersA horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
  • HATEDadjectiveProto-Germanic21 findersDisliked; odious; reviled.
  • HATEFULadjectiveMiddle English57 findersEvoking a feeling of hatred.
  • HATEFULLYadverbMiddle English28 findersIn a hateful manner.
  • HATERnounMiddle English6 findersOne who hates.
  • HATHverbProto-Germanic12 findersthird-person singular simple present indicative of have
  • HATREDnounScots23 findersA strong aversion; an intense dislike.
  • HATTERnounMiddle English11 findersA person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.
  • HAUBERKnounFrankish56 findersA coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.
  • HAULverbSwedish29 findersTo transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
  • HAULERnounMiddle English6 findersA person or thing that hauls another person or thing.
  • HAULIERnounMiddle English4 findersA person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.
  • HAUNTERnounMiddle English13 findersOne who haunts.
  • HAUSEnounMiddle English10 findersObsolete form of hawse.
  • HAUSEDnounMiddle English1 finderObsolete form of hawse.
  • HAUSENnounGerman2 findersEuropean sturgeon (Huso huso)
  • HAVERverbScots118 findersTo hem and haw.
  • HAVERINGSverbScots31 findersTo hem and haw.
  • HAVERSACKnounGerman24 findersA small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.
  • HAVOCnounProto-Germanic204 findersWidespread devastation and destruction.
  • HAWKERnounMiddle Low German24 findersA peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
  • HAWSEnounIcelandic30 findersThe part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
  • HAYMAKERnounMiddle English19 findersA person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
  • HAYMAKINGnounMiddle English5 findersThe cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
  • HAYMOWnounMiddle English16 findersA pile of hay stored in a barn.
  • HAYSTACKnounMiddle English8 findersA mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
  • HAZELNUTnounOld English5 findersThe fruit of the hazel, especially of species Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.
  • HEADLESSadjectiveOld English2 findersWithout a head (body part). Synonym of decapitated.
  • HEADLONGadverbMiddle English18 findersWith the head first or down.
  • HEADSMANnounMiddle English5 findersA chief person; a head man
  • HEADSPRINGnounMiddle English2 findersA fountainhead; a source.
  • HEADSTRONGadjectiveMiddle English39 findersDetermined to do as one pleases, and not as others want.
  • HEADWAYnounOld English10 findersA movement ahead or forward.
  • HEADYadjectiveMiddle English20 findersIntoxicating or stupefying.
  • HEALERnounMiddle English8 findersOne who heals, especially through faith.
  • HEALINGnounProto-Germanic15 findersThe process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  • HEALSOMEadjectiveScots2 findersWholesome; healthful.
  • HEARINGadjectiveMiddle English10 findersAble to hear, as opposed to deaf.
  • HEARSAYnounMiddle English26 findersInformation that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
  • HEARTEDverbMiddle English7 finderssimple past and past participle of heart
  • HEARTILYadverbOld English44 findersIn a hearty manner.
  • HEARTLYadjectiveOld English1 finderFull of heart; cordial; from the heart; hearty
  • HEAVENnounGerman66 findersThe sky, specifically: The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres. The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. a
  • HEAVENLYadjectiveOld English212 findersOf or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
  • HEAVENWARDadverbMiddle English5 findersToward heaven.
  • HEAVILYadverbOld English27 findersWith a great weight.
  • HECKLEverbProto-Germanic23 findersTo question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
  • HEDGEHOGnounOld English4 findersA small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
  • HEDGERnounMiddle English4 findersOne who makes or mends hedges.
  • HEDGEROWnounOld English38 findersA row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
  • HEELnounProto-Germanic19 findersThe rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
  • HEFTnounMiddle English45 findersThe feel of the weight of something; heaviness.
  • HEFTYadjectiveSwedish43 findersWith heft; heavy, strong, vigorous, mighty, impressive
  • HEGEMONYnounGerman381 findersDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
  • HEIFERnounOld English213 findersA young female cow, one over one year old but which has not calved.
  • HEIGHinterjectionMiddle English1 finderAn exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.
  • HEINOUSadjectiveFrankish145 findersTotally reprehensible.
  • HEIRLESSadjectiveMiddle English4 findersWithout an heir.
  • HEIRLOOMnounMiddle English29 findersA valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
  • HELLERnounGerman1 finderA German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
  • HELLFIREnounOld English40 findersThe fire of Hell.
  • HELLIERnounMiddle English1 finderOne who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher.
  • HELMETnounGerman4 findersA hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
  • HELPERnounGerman4 findersOne who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
  • HELPFULadjectiveMiddle English11 findersFurnishing help; gives aid; useful.
  • HELPINGnounMiddle English15 findersThe act of giving aid or assistance (to).
  • HELPLESSadjectiveProto-Germanic8 findersUnable to defend oneself.
  • HELVEnounProto-Germanic11 findersThe handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
  • HEMATOCRITnounSwedish12 findersThe percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
  • HEMLOCKnounOld English25 findersAny of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides. Cicuta (water hemlock).
  • HEMPnounProto-Germanic26 findersA tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
  • HEMPENadjectiveGerman25 findersMade of hemp
  • HEMPIERadjectiveMiddle English5 findersLike hemp.
  • HEMPIESTadjectiveMiddle English2 findersLike hemp.
  • HEMPYadjectiveMiddle English5 findersLike hemp.
  • HENBITnounDutch5 findersAn annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
  • HENCEadverbProto-Germanic19 findersFrom here, from this place, away.
  • HENCEFORTHadverbOld English5 findersFrom now on; from this time on.
  • HENCEFORWARDadverbMiddle English1 finderfrom now on; from this time on
  • HENCOOPnounMiddle English1 finderA coop where hens are kept.
  • HENDverbProto-Germanic4 findersTo take hold of; to grasp, hold.
  • HENTverbIcelandic18 findersTo take hold of, to grasp.
  • HERDMANnounOld English1 finderSomeone who herds animals; a herdsman.
  • HEREATadverbMiddle English3 findersAt this time; upon this event.
  • HEREINadverbProto-Germanic14 findersIn this; within this content, context, or thing.
  • HEREOFadverbOld English2 findersOf this; concerning this.
  • HEREONadverbOld English1 finderOn this place.
  • HERETOadverbMiddle English12 findersTo here; to this.
  • HERIOTnounOld English7 findersThe return of military equipment.
  • HERSpronounMiddle English6 findersThat or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
  • HERSELFpronounMiddle English3 findersHer; the feminine object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
  • HERTZnounGerman12 findersIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.
  • HESPnounIcelandic5 findersA measure of two hanks of linen thread.
  • HESTnounOld English16 findersCommand, injunction.

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