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Old High German (OHG German: Althochdeutsch German abbr. Ahd.) is the earliest stage of the German language conventionally covering the period from around 500 to 1050 AD. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century and some treat the period before 750 as prehistoric and date the start of Old High German proper to 750 for this reason.