HIGH GERMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does High German mean? 

• HIGH GERMAN (noun)
  The noun HIGH GERMAN has 1 sense:

1. the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

  Familiarity information: HIGH GERMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGH GERMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

German; German language; High German

Hypernyms ("High German" is a kind of...):

West Germanic; West Germanic language (a branch of the Germanic languages)

Domain member category:

Frau (a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman)

Fraulein (a German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman)

Herr (a German courtesy title or form of address for a man)

Domain region:

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "High German"):

Old High German (High German prior to 1200)

Middle High German (High German from 1100 to 1500)

Yiddish (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)

Pennsylvania Dutch (a dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland)