Sentence examples for High German from inspiring English sources
proper noun
Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in High Germany which is divided into the Central German group (including Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German) and the Upper German group (including Alemannic and Bavarian).
High German, the language of the southern highlands of Germany, is the official written language.
The collection also encompasses Scandinavian, Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian literature, as well as Old Germanic, Old and Middle High German, early New High German, and dialects of the German speaking areas.
Old Germanic dialects (Gothic, Vandal, Burgundian, etc)., Old and Middle High German, New High German (including dialects), Scandinavian languages (including Icelandic), and Dutch and Frisian languages are included.
The other shift (about the 6th century ad) was less radical in scope and affected the Germanic consonants, resulting in the consonant system evident in Old High German and its descendants, Middle High German and Modern High German (standard German).
Prayers (in Latin and Middle High German) (fragment).
An anonymous Middle High German poem, Lohengrin (c.
Swiss German differs from standard High German in phonology (e.g., Chind for standard High German Kind "child"), grammar, and vocabulary.
But her letters to Bahlmann reveal that she did not spend all her time devouring Middle High German.
The Old High German wiara meant "fine gold work".
The contribution of High German has been on a different level.
PRAISE FOR BRITISH SEAMEN High German Officer Insists Was-spite Was Lost, but Commander of That Ship Tells Another Story.
