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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for neighbour

5 headwords match “neighbour”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; neahgebur ranks first.

  1. 1

    neahgebur

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    neighbour — neighbour

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nēahġebūr
    genitive singular nēahġebūres
    dative singular nēahġebūre
    accusative singular nēahġebūr
    nominative plural nēahġebūras
    genitive plural nēahġebūra
  2. 2

    niehsta

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    neighbour — neighbour

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nīehsta
    genitive singular nīehstan
    dative singular nīehstan
    accusative singular nīehstan
    nominative plural nīehstan
    genitive plural nīehstena
  3. 3

    neahmann

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong consonant stem · 5 inflected forms

    neighbour — a neighbour

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nēahmann
    genitive singular nēahmannes
    dative singular nēahmenn
    accusative singular nēahmann
    nominative plural nēahmenn
    genitive plural nēahmanna
  4. 4

    neahgebyren

    score 11

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    neighbour — female neighbour

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nēahġebȳren
    genitive singular nēahġebȳrenne
    dative singular nēahġebȳrenne
    accusative singular nēahġebȳrenne
    nominative plural nēahġebȳrenna, nēahġebȳrenne
    genitive plural nēahġebȳrenna
  5. 5

    neahbuend

    score 8

    noun, masculine

    neighbour — a neighbour

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “neighbour” 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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