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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for germany

4 headwords match “germany”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; Angel ranks first.

  1. 1

    Angel

    score 4

    proper noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 2 inflected forms

    germany — Anglia (peninsula in Jutland, in Schleswig in northermost Germany, where the Angles are su

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Angel
    genitive singular Angle
    dative singular Angle
    accusative singular Angle
  2. 2

    Seaxland

    score 4

    proper noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    germany — Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Seaxland
    genitive singular Seaxlandes
    dative singular Seaxlande
    accusative singular Seaxland
  3. 3

    Ælf

    score 1

    proper noun, masculine

    germany — Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany b

    • appears in the definition
    • proper noun
  4. 4

    Donua

    score 1

    proper noun, feminine

    germany — Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Br

    • proper noun

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “germany” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.

The English word opens the headword's definition+10
It appears later in the first definition+6
It appears in any definition+3
It is in the headword's links+2
It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence)+9
The headword has an inflection table+3
Part of speech is a proper noun−5
Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy)−3
The headword is an alternative form−6
The first definition is longer than three words−2

A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.

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