high german
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "We, the students, also were supposed to speak High German, but, like our teachers, we did so with a fairly strong Swabian accent."
- "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."
- "I used to harrangue the mob, in broken English, under pretence of being an High German doctor."
- "Yiddish is a High German language [...]"
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
High Germans (plural)
High-German (alternative)