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Yes, it is. Old High Germanic exhibits the "Zweite Lautverschiebung" (second sound shift) that differentiates it from the other Germanic languages. This sound shift affects most of the consonants: *t becomes z /ts/ initially and s in the middle of a word, *p becomes pf or f, *d becomes t, *b becomes p, *th becomes d, *k becomes /x/ in the middle of the word, and some more.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift

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--elbowin