Editing Germanic languages (section)

== Vocabulary comparison ==
The table compares cognates in several different Germanic languages. In some cases, the meanings may not be identical in each language.
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|- <!--Do not add a language to this table without first discussing it on the talk page. The languages shown here have been carefully selected to show a maximum number of differences.-->
! colspan="5"| [[West Germanic]]
! colspan="4" | [[North Germanic]]
! rowspan="2"| [[East Germanic|East<br /> Germanic]]
! rowspan="3"|[[Proto-Germanic language|Reconstructed<br /> Proto-Germanic]]<ref>Forms follow Orel 2003. þ represents IPA [θ], χ IPA [x], ȝ IPA [γ], đ IPA [ð], and ƀ IPA [β].</ref>
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! colspan="2"| [[Anglo-Frisian]]
! colspan="3"| Continental
! colspan="2"|West
! colspan="2"|East
|-
! [[English language|English]]
! [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]
! [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
! [[Low German]]<ref>Low German forms follow the dictionary of {{cite book |last=Reuter |first=Fritz |title=Das Fritz-Reuter-Wörterbuch |publisher=Digitales Wörterbuch Niederdeutsch (dwn) |url=http://www.niederdeutsche-literatur.de/dwn/index-frw.php |year=1905 |access-date=22 October 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022160128/http://www.niederdeutsche-literatur.de/dwn/index-frw.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
! [[German language|German]]
! [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
! [[Norwegian language|Norwegian<br />(Nynorsk)]]
! [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
! [[Danish language|Danish]]
! [[Gothic language|Gothic †]]
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| apple || apel || appel || Appel || Apfel ||  epli || eple || äpple || æble || ''apel''<ref>Attested in this form in Crimean Gothic. See Winfred Lehmann, ''A Gothic Etymological Dictionary'' (Brill: Leiden, 1986), p. 40.</ref> || *ap(u)laz 
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| can || kinne || kunnen || känen || können || kunna || kunne, kunna || kunna || kunne || kunnan || *kanna
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| daughter || dochter || dochter || Dochter || Tochter ||  dóttir || dotter || dotter || datter  || dauhtar || *đuχtēr
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| dead || dea || dood || dod || tot || dauður || daud || död || død || dauþs ||  *đauđaz
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| deep || djip || diep || deip || tief || djúpur || djup || djup || dyb || diups || *đeupaz
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| earth || ierde || aarde || Ir(d) || Erde || jörð || jord || jord || jord || airþa || *erþō
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| egg<ref>The English word is a loan from Old Norse.</ref> || aei, aai || ei || Ei || Ei || egg || egg || ägg || æg  || *addi<ref>Attested in Crimean Gothic in the nominative plural as ''ada''. See Winfred Lehmann, ''A Gothic Etymological Dictionary'' (Brill: Leiden, 1986), p. 2.</ref> || *ajjaz
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| fish || fisk || vis || Fisch || Fisch || fiskur || fisk || fisk || fisk || fisks || *fiskaz
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| go || gean || gaan || gahn || gehen || ganga || gå || gå(nga) || gå (gange)|| gaggan || *ȝanȝanan
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| good || goed || goed || gaud || gut || góð(ur) || god || god || god || gōþ(is) || *ȝōđaz
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| hear || hearre || horen || hüren || hören || heyra || høyra, høyre || höra || høre || hausjan || *χauzjanan,<br /> *χausjanan 
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| I || ik || ik || ick || ich || ég || eg || jag || jeg || ik || *eka
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| live || libje || leven || lewen || leben || lifa || leva || leva || leve || liban || *liƀēnan
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| night || nacht || nacht || Nacht || Nacht || nótt || natt || natt || nat || nahts || *naχtz
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| one || ien || één ||  ein, en || eins || einn || ein || en || en || áins || *ainaz
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| ridge || rêch || rug || Rügg(en) || Rücken || hryggur || rygg || rygg || ryg || – || *χruȝjaz
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| sit || sitte || zitten || sitten || sitzen || sitja || sitja, sitta || sitta || sidde || sitan || *setjanan
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| seek || sykje || zoeken || säuken || suchen || sækja || søkja || söka || søge || sōkjan || *sōkjanan
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| that || dat || dat || dat || das || það || det || det || det || þata || *þat
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| thank (noun) || tank || dank || Dank || Dank || þökk || takk || tack || tak  || þagks || *þankaz
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| true || trou || trouw || tru || treu || tryggur || trygg || trygg || tryg || triggws || *trewwaz
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| two || twa || twee || twei || zwei, zwo || tveir, tvær, tvö || to<ref>Dialectally tvo, två, tvei (m), tvæ (f), tvau (n).</ref> || två, tu || to || twái, twós, twa || *twō(u)
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| us || ús || ons || uns || uns || oss || oss || oss || os || uns || *uns- 
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| way || wei || weg || Weg || Weg || vegur || veg || väg || vej || wigs || weȝaz 
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| white || wyt || wit || witt || weiß || hvítur ||  kvit || vit || hvid || {{lang|got|ƕeits}} || *χwītaz
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| word || wurd || woord || Wurd || Wort || orð || ord || ord || ord || waurd || *wurđan
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| year || jier || jaar || Johr || Jahr || ár || år || år || år || jēr || *jēran 
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