Apr 221 minThe Power of Cognates, Part 4: High German Consonant Shift k -> ch The High German words machen (make), brechen (break), Becher (beaker), Buch (book), Lerche (lark), Milch (milk), Koch (cook) and...
Mar 41 minThe Power of Cognates, Part 3: High German Consonant Shift p -> f, pf At some point between the 4th and 7th century AD speakers of what was becoming High German developed a habit of changing the...
Feb 261 minThe Power of Cognates, Part 2: High German Consonant Shift t -> ss, ts At some point between the 4th and 6th century AD speakers of what was becoming High German developed a habit of changing the...
Feb 172 minThe Power of Cognates, Part 1: Introduction to High German Many a beginner learner of German, or more correctly High German, is surprised to discover that the language shares a number of traits...