High German Definition

noun
The group of West Germanic dialects spoken in central and S Germany.
Webster's New World
The official and literary form of the German language, technically called New High German.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • German language
  • german
pronoun
Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany, which is divided into the Central German group (including standard German as well as Luxembourgish, Pennsylvania German, and others) and the Upper German group (including Alemannic, Bavarian, and others)
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The standard variety of the German language spoken and written in Germany, Austria and part of Switzerland, where it is also an official language.

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Origin of High German

  • Translation of German Hochdeutsch hoch high (from the mountainous terrain of the area in which it originated) Deutsch German

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

High German Sentence Examples

  • His German sermons, of which seventy-one have been preserved, are among the most powerful in the language, and form the chief monuments of Middle High German prose.

  • These singers, who, for the most part, belonged to the artisan and trading classes of the German towns, regarded as their masters and the founders of their gild twelve poets of the Middle High German period, among whom were Wolfram von Eschenbach, Konrad von Wurzburg, Reinmar von Zweter and Frauenlob.

  • The office of stadtholder is a proconsulatus, and the High German equivalent is Statthalter, a delegate.

  • In the iith century the German monk Notker Labeo translated the first two books into Old High German.

  • Another but less probable explanation derives the name from a combination of the old high German word uudra, meaning league, and bai, a Gothic word for both.

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Words Starting With

HHIHIG

Words Ending With

NANMAN

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Words Starting With H and Ending With N

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With H11 Letter Words Ending With N