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Definition of High German
1. Noun. The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic.
Examples of category: Frau, Fraulein, Herr
Generic synonyms: West Germanic, West Germanic Language
Specialized synonyms: Old High German, Middle High German, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch
Geographical relationships: Deutschland, Federal Republic Of Germany, Frg, Germany
Derivative terms: German, Germanic, Germanic
Definition of High German
1. Proper noun. 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) ¹
2. Proper noun. the standard variety of the German language spoken and written in Germany, Austria and part of Switzerland, where it is also an official language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of High German
Literary usage of High German
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of German Literature by John George Robertson (1902)
"This was the " Second " or " High German Sound- shifting," virtually a repetition
of the first process by which, as we have seen, the Germanic languages had ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"These facts must be taken for decisive, as it seems to be certain that they
existed before any distinction of Low and High German in their modern sense (a ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"From the beginning, two main groups may be distinguished : High German and Low
German, ... High German differs from Low German and from all the other ..."
4. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"The High German official language gradually came into wide use in official life
... Luther desired to be generally understood, and wrote in the High German ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Form received the most careful attention; versification was regulated by the
strictest rules; the language, the classic Middle High German, is extremely ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Since, however, Dutch partakes of this of High German that formerly were freely
seed is peculiarity to some extent, we cannot easily form a ..."
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