- High German
- noun Date: 1673 1. German as natively used in southern and central Germany 2. german 3b
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High German
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High German — German Ger man, n.; pl. {Germans}[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.] 1. A native or one of the people of Germany. [1913 Webster] 2. The German language. [1913 Webster] 3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
High German — n. [calque of Ger hochdeutsch (see HIGH & DEUTSCHLAND): so named because orig. spoken chiefly in the higher regions of Germany] 1. the group of West Germanic dialects spoken in central and S Germany: distinguished from LOW GERMAN 2. the official… … English World dictionary
High German — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
High German — noun the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic • Syn: ↑German, ↑German language • Derivationally related forms: ↑German (for: ↑German), ↑Germanic ( … Useful english dictionary
High German — /haɪ ˈdʒɜmən/ (say huy jermuhn) noun 1. any form of the German language of central and southern Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, including Old High German and Middle High German. 2. standard German …
High German consonant shift — High German subdivides into Upper German (green) and Central German (blue), and is distinguished from Low German (yellow) and Dutch. The main isoglosses, the Benrath and Speyer lines, are marked in black. In historical linguistics, the High… … Wikipedia
High German — High′ Ger′man n. peo the group of West Germanic dialects spoken in central and S Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, including standard literary German, which has combined features of several dialects … From formal English to slang
High German languages — Infobox Language family name=High German region=predominantly central and southern Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, northern and central Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Alsace and Bolzano Bozen familycolor=Indo European fam1=Indo European… … Wikipedia
High German — noun The form of the German language spoken in most of Germany, Austria and part of Switzerland, where it is also an official language. Syn: German … Wiktionary
High German — 1. the group of West Germanic languages that in A.D. c400 c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm s Law. Abbr.: HG 2. German (def. 4). [1700 10] * * * … Universalium
