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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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  • HETMANnounGerman7 findersA Cossack headman or general.
  • HEUGHnounOld English1 finderA steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river
  • HIDELESSadjectiveMiddle English1 finderWithout a hide; skinless.
  • HIDEOUSLYadverbMiddle English53 findersIn a hideous manner.
  • HIGHLYadverbOld English1 finderIn a high or esteemed manner.
  • HIKEnounMiddle English11 findersA long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
  • HILLOCKnounMiddle English20 findersA small hill.
  • HIMSELFpronounOld English15 findersHim; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
  • HINDERverbProto-Germanic74 findersTo make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
  • HINDERMOSTadjectiveMiddle English5 findershindmost
  • HINDFOOTnounMiddle English4 findersA rear foot.
  • HINDMOSTadjectiveOld English21 finderssuperlative form of hind: most hind
  • HINGEnounGerman14 findersA jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
  • HINKYadjectiveOld English142 findersActing suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
  • HINTnounProto-Germanic17 findersA clue.
  • HIRELINGnounGerman13 findersAn employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.
  • HIRPLEverbOld Norse30 findersTo walk with a limp, to drag a limb, to walk lamely; to move with a gait somewhere between walking and crawling.
  • HISNpronounMiddle English1 finderHis.
  • HITCHnounMiddle English15 findersA sudden pull.
  • HITHEnounOld English1 finderA landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port.
  • HITHERadverbProto-Germanic7 findersTo this place, to here.
  • HITHERSadverbProto-Germanic3 findersTo this place, to here.
  • HITHERTOadverbOld English3 findersUp to this or that time.
  • HOARDERnounOld English2 findersOne who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
  • HOARINESSnounMiddle English1 finderThe characteristic of being hoary.
  • HOARSEadjectiveOld Norse54 findersHaving a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
  • HOARSELYadverbMiddle English32 findersWith a dry, harsh voice.
  • HOARYadjectiveMiddle English383 findersWhite, whitish, or greyish-white.
  • HOASTnounDanish7 findersA cough.
  • HOBBITnounOld English46 findersA member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
  • HOBBLEnounGerman13 findersOne of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
  • HOBBLEDEHOYnounScots4 findersAn awkward adolescent youth.
  • HOCKnounGerman56 findersA Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
  • HOCKEYnounOld English51 findersAny of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
  • HODGEPODGEnounMiddle Dutch31 findersA collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
  • HOISEverbMiddle Low German5 findersTo hoist.
  • HOISTverbMiddle Dutch95 findersTo raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
  • HOKEnounOld English26 findersAlternative form of hook.
  • HOLDENverbGerman14 finderspast participle of hold
  • HOLEnounProto-Germanic22 findersA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
  • HOLEYadjectiveMiddle English14 findersHaving, or being full of, holes.
  • HOLIDAYnounOld English29 findersA day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
  • HOLILYadverbOld English2 findersIn a holy way; with sanctity.
  • HOLINESSnounGerman1 finderThe state or condition of being holy.
  • HOLPverbProto-Germanic15 finderssimple past of help: helped.
  • HOLPENverbProto-Germanic11 finderspast participle of help
  • HOLSTERnounProto-Germanic37 findersA case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
  • HOMAGERnounMiddle English2 findersOne who pays feudal homage, hence a vassal.
  • HOMELYadjectiveGerman81 findersCharacteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy.
  • HOMESTEADnounGerman59 findersA house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, tha
  • HOMEWARDadverbProto-Germanic29 findersTowards home.
  • HOMEWARDSadjectiveOld English10 findersLeading toward home.
  • HOMOSEXUALadjectiveGerman69 findersSexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to other men or a woman who is attracted to other women; gay.
  • HONESTLYadverbMiddle English16 findersIn an honest manner.
  • HONEYEDadjectiveMiddle English20 findersSweetened, with, or as if with, honey.
  • HONEYFULadjectiveMiddle English2 findersFull of honey.
  • HONEYPOTnounMiddle English21 findersA pot of honey.
  • HONEYSUCKLEnounOld English17 findersAny of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet-smelling, bell-shaped flowers. A light yellow color
  • HOODLESSadjectiveMiddle English4 findersNot having, or wearing, a hood.
  • HOOFEDadjectiveOld English9 findersHaving a hoof or hooves; ungulate.
  • HOOKIESnounDutch7 findersAbsence from school or work; truancy.
  • HOOKYnounDutch22 findersAbsence from school or work; truancy.
  • HOOLIERadjectiveOld English1 finderHoly.
  • HOOLIESTadjectiveOld English2 findersHoly.
  • HOOLYadjectiveOld English9 findersHoly.
  • HOOTnounSwedish52 findersA derisive cry or shout.
  • HOOVEDadjectiveOld English27 findersAlternative form of hoofed.
  • HOOVERnounGerman83 findersA vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
  • HOPEverbGerman25 findersTo want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or with clause; or with so or not].
  • HOPEFULLYadverbGerman45 findersIn a hopeful manner.
  • HOPERnounMiddle English5 findersOne who hopes.
  • HOPPERnounOld English5 findersOne who or that which hops.
  • HORNnounProto-Germanic6 findersA hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
  • HORNBEAMnounMiddle English10 findersA tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Especially, the
  • HORNEDadjectiveProto-Germanic8 findersHaving horns.
  • HORNFELSnounGerman7 findersAny of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exc
  • HORNPIPEnounMiddle English4 findersA musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
  • HORNYadjectiveMiddle English3 findersHard or bony, like an animal's horn.
  • HORRIBLYadverbMiddle English1 finderIn a horrible way; very badly.
  • HORSEBACKnounMiddle English4 findersThe back of a horse.
  • HORSEFLYnounMiddle English145 findersAny of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
  • HORSEMANnounMiddle English25 findersA man who rides a horse.
  • HORSEMINTnounOld English6 findersA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
  • HORSESHOEnounMiddle English5 findersThe U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.
  • HORSETAILnounMiddle English39 findersA tail of a horse. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  • HORSTnounGerman11 findersA block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.
  • HOSENnounGerman12 findersplural of hose (the old-fashioned garment; stockings)
  • HOSIERnounMiddle English59 findersOne who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
  • HOTCHverbGerman42 findersTo move irregularly up and down.
  • HOTHOUSEnounMiddle English2 findersA heated greenhouse.
  • HOTLYadverbOld English5 findersWith great amounts of heat.
  • HOTNESSnounOld English1 finderThe condition of being hot, heat.
  • HOUGHnounProto-Germanic2 findersAlternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).
  • HOUSECARLnounOld Norse22 findersA member of the Scandinavian royal household troops.
  • HOUSEFULnounMiddle English16 findersas many as a house will hold
  • HOUSELINGnounOld English2 findersThe act of administering the eucharist.
  • HOUSERnounMiddle English16 findersOne who, or that which, houses.
  • HOUSEWIFEnounMiddle English33 findersA woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
  • HOUSEWIFELYadjectiveMiddle English11 findersBefitting a housewife.
  • HOUSEWIFERYnounMiddle English30 findersThe state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.

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