High German

English + languages + Alternative forms en High-German Etymology en de Hochdeutsch. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-High German.wav Southern England Noun ~ High German en countable A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker. from 16th c. Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany. The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area. en 1989 Alfred Wyler Dialect and High German in German-speaking Switzerland 15 There is a widespread reluctance to speak High German in German-speaking Switzerland, and many Swiss prefer to speak even bad French or English to people who do not speak Swiss dialect. en 2010 Dankwart Koehler In Different Worlds: From POW to PhD 49 We, the students, also were supposed to speak High German, but, like our teachers, we did so with a fairly strong Swabian accent. en 2016 Nicole Egger Hoi: Your New Swiss German Survival Guide 15 Many foreigners who learn to speak High German complain that Swiss people only reluctantly reply in High German. Apparently Swiss people generally don't like to speak High German. Why is that so? For the Swiss, High German is a foreign language. Usage notes The use of High German to refer exclusively to Standard High German (after German de Hochdeutsch) is sometimes avoided in scholarly discourse but may be found, especially otherwise. Synonyms language en High Dutch Standard High German en Standard High German, en SHG, en Standard German Meronyms language en SHG (= Standard High German), en Standard German en Middle German, en Central German en Upper German en Yiddish Related terms language en Middle High German, en MHG en New High German, en NHG en Old High German, en OHG en SHG (= Standard High German) Translations person German: de (die) Hochdeutschen m-p in plural Polish: pl południowy Niemiec m-pr, pl południowa Niemka f any of a group of West Germanic languages Bengali: bn উচ্চ আলমানী uccô almanī Cherokee: chr ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᏂᏓᏥ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 高地德語 gāodì Déyǔ Czech: cs hornoněmčina f Danish: da højtysk Dutch: nl Hoogduits n Estonian: et ülemsaksa keel Finnish: fi yläsaksa French: fr haut allemand m Galician: gl alto alemán m Georgian: ka ზემოგერმანული, ka ზემოგერმანული ენა German: de Hochdeutsch n Hungarian: hu felnémet Irish: ga Ard-Ghearmáinis f Luxembourgish: lb Houdäitsch n Norwegian: Bokmål: nb høytysk m Plautdietsch: pdt Huachdietsch n Polish: pl dialekt wysokoniemiecki m-in Portuguese: pt alto alemão m Spanish: es alto alemán m Swedish: sv högtyska c Yiddish: yi הויכדײַטש n Standard High German Bengali: bn প্রমিত উচ্চ আলমানী prômitô uccô almanī Danish: da højtysk Dutch: nl Hoogduits n French: fr haut allemand m German: de Standardhochdeutsch n, de Standarddeutsch n, de Hochdeutsch n Irish: ga Ard-Ghearmáinis f Malay: ms bahasa Jerman Halus, ms bahasa Jerman Selatan Pennsylvania German: pdc Hochdeitsch Polish: pl język wysokoniemiecki m-in Romanian: ro germană standard f, ro limba germană standard f Swedish: sv standardtyska c, sv högtyska c Yiddish: yi הויכדײַטש n See also en High Germany en Low Saxon, en Low German (en Plattdeutsch) en Dutch Low Saxon en Old Saxon (en Old Low German) Adjective - From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German. from 17th c. II 77 I used to harrangue the mob, in broken English, under pretence of being an High German doctor. Written or spoken in High German; pertaining to High German. from 17th c. en 1983 Philip Baldi An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages 128 Yiddish is a High German language [...] Translations language-related Belarusian: be верхненяме́цкі Danish: da højtysk Dutch: nl Hoogduits German: de hochdeutsch Hungarian: hu felnémet Polish: pl wysokoniemiecki Russian: ru верхненеме́цкий Swedish: sv högtysk Ukrainian: uk верхньоніме́цький en German Languages