High german Moderate

High german has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

German High German German language

A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.

Adjective

From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German.

See Also

middle high german luxembourgish high germany alemannic ripuarian low saxon central german pennsylvania german

Related Terms

middle high german luxembourgish high germany alemannic ripuarian low saxon central german pennsylvania german old high german high german consonant shift german mecklenburgish new high german upper german saxon west germanic pennsylvania dutch swabish swabian low german

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

West Germanic

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

Old High German Middle High German Yiddish Pennsylvania Dutch

Rhyming Words

man aman oman uman iman orman koman maman leman taman liman inman neman goman unman zaman numan raman daman ahman

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