The High German languages (German: hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch [ˈhoːxˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃ] ) – not to be...

published in German. German is most closely related to other West Germanic languages, namely Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, and Scots...

extinct languages. Proto-West Germanic High German languages Old High German† & Middle High German† Upper German High Franconian East Franconian German South...

Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from...

Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English...

Early New High German (ENHG) is a term for the period in the history of the German language generally defined, following Wilhelm Scherer, as the period...

distinguish High German from other continental West Germanic languages, namely Low Franconian (including standard Dutch) and Low German, which experienced...

of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German...

Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (German: Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland...

Germanic languages, Low German has not undergone the High German consonant shift, as opposed to Standard High German, which is based on High German dialects...

the Swiss as Schriftdeutsch, or German: Hochdeutsch, is the written form of one (German) of four national languages in Switzerland, besides French, Italian...

Central German or Middle German (German: mitteldeutsche Dialekte, mitteldeutsche Mundarten, Mitteldeutsch) is a group of High German languages spoken from...

official language of Germany is German, with over 95 percent of the country speaking Standard German or a dialect of German as their first language. This...

German (German: Österreichisches Deutsch), Austrian Standard German (ASG), Standard Austrian German (Österreichisches Standarddeutsch), Austrian High...

Judeo-Romance languages began to acquire varieties of Middle High German, and from these groups the Ashkenazi community took shape. Exactly what German substrate...

The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the...

object-oriented language features, and file input/output, may also be present. One thing to note about high-level programming languages is that these languages allow...

New High German (NHG; German: Neuhochdeutsch (Nhdt., Nhd.)) is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language, starting...

varieties of the West Germanic languages. The Anglo-Frisian languages are distinct from other West Germanic languages due to several sound changes: besides...

Upper German (German: Oberdeutsch [ˈoːbɐdɔʏtʃ] ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (Sprachraum)...

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Forest in Germany). Complete the High German consonant shift by fricativising initial /k/ to [x]. Subvariants: Bernese German Zurich German Vorarlbergisch...

High Franconian or Upper Franconian (German: Oberfränkisch) is a part of High German consisting of East Franconian and South Franconian. It is spoken southeast...

three official languages in what was then South West Africa, alongside Afrikaans and English, two other Germanic languages in Namibia. German is the mother...

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Alemannic German: Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart, and others)...

languages, ancestral to the Anglo-Frisian languages and Low German), Weser–Rhine Germanic (Low Franconian languages) and Elbe Germanic (High German languages)...

numerous local and regional languages, most of which, like Italian, belong to the broader Romance group. The majority of languages often labeled as regional...

Language family Indo-European languages Proto-Germanic language Germanic languages West Germanic languages German language High German: Standard High...

language) Russia (minority language in the Azovo German National District) Slovakia (regional minority language) Although in France, the High German varieties...

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