"High German" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Calque of German Hochdeutsch. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Hochdeutsch}} Calque of German Hochdeutsch Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} High German (not comparable)
  1. From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): German Translations (language-related): Hoogduits (Dutch), hochdeutsch (German)
    Sense id: en-High_German-en-adj-bmI3-udO Disambiguation of German: 16 22 12 23 28 Disambiguation of 'language-related': 56 44
  2. Written or spoken in High German; pertaining to High German. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): German Synonyms: High-German
    Sense id: en-High_German-en-adj-0u5GRc5s Disambiguation of German: 16 22 12 23 28

Noun [English]

Forms: High Germans [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Hochdeutsch. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Hochdeutsch}} Calque of German Hochdeutsch Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=High German}} High German (countable and uncountable, plural High Germans)
  1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker. Tags: countable Categories (topical): German Translations (person): Hochdeutschen (english: die) [masculine, plural] (German)
    Sense id: en-High_German-en-noun-2H-8In-u Disambiguation of German: 16 22 12 23 28 Disambiguation of 'person': 56 44 0
  2. Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): German, Languages Translations (any of a group of West Germanic languages): উচ্চ আলমানী (uccô almanī) (Bengali), 高地德語 (Chinese Mandarin), 高地德语 (gāodì Déyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), hornoněmčina [feminine] (Czech), højtysk (Danish), Hoogduits [neuter] (Dutch), ülemsaksa keel (Estonian), haut allemand [masculine] (French), alto alemán [masculine] (Galician), ზემოგერმანული (zemogermanuli) (Georgian), ზემოგერმანული ენა (zemogermanuli ena) (Georgian), Hochdeutsch [neuter] (German), felnémet (Hungarian), Ard-Ghearmáinis [feminine] (Irish), Houdäitsch [neuter] (Luxembourgish), høytysk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Huachdietsch [neuter] (Plautdietsch), alto alemão [masculine] (Portuguese), alto alemán [masculine] (Spanish), högtyska [common-gender] (Swedish), הויכדײַטש (hoykhdaytsh) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-High_German-en-noun-mTcvWwAJ Disambiguation of German: 16 22 12 23 28 Disambiguation of Languages: 9 10 5 46 30 Disambiguation of 'any of a group of West Germanic languages': 2 91 6
  3. The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): German Synonyms: High Dutch [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Synonyms (Standard High German): Standard High German, SHG, Standard German Meronyms: SHG (english: = Standard High German), Standard German, Middle German, Central German, Upper German, Yiddish Related terms: Middle High German, MHG, New High German, NHG, Old High German, OHG, SHG (english: = Standard High German), High Germany Translations (Standard High German): প্রমিত উচ্চ আলমানী (prômitô uccô almanī) (Bengali), højtysk (Danish), Hoogduits [neuter] (Dutch), haut allemand [masculine] (French), Standardhochdeutsch [neuter] (German), Standarddeutsch [neuter] (German), Hochdeutsch [neuter] (German), Ard-Ghearmáinis [feminine] (Irish), bahasa Jerman Halus (Malay), bahasa Jerman Selatan (Malay), Hochdeitsch (Pennsylvania German), germană standard [feminine] (Romanian), limba germană standard [feminine] (Romanian), standardtyska [common-gender] (Swedish), högtyska [common-gender] (Swedish), הויכדײַטש (hoykhdaytsh) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-High_German-en-noun-AtaFKmbZ Disambiguation of German: 16 22 12 23 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 18 13 18 35 Disambiguation of 'Standard High German': 35 12 53 Disambiguation of 'Standard High German': 35 12 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Low Saxon, Low German (Plattdeutsch)): Dutch Low Saxon, Old Saxon (english: Old Low German)
Disambiguation of 'Low Saxon, Low German (Plattdeutsch)': 12 43 44

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "17 5 25 22 31",
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        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "High German languages",
    "Standard German"
  ],
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}
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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms calqued from German",
    "English terms derived from German",
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    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "en:Languages"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of German Hochdeutsch.",
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      "form": "High Germans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    },
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      "word": "Standard German"
    },
    {
      "word": "Middle German"
    },
    {
      "word": "Central German"
    },
    {
      "word": "Upper German"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yiddish"
    }
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    {
      "word": "Middle High German"
    },
    {
      "word": "MHG"
    },
    {
      "word": "New High German"
    },
    {
      "word": "NHG"
    },
    {
      "word": "Old High German"
    },
    {
      "word": "OHG"
    },
    {
      "english": "= Standard High German",
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    },
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      "word": "High Germany"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Low Saxon, Low German (Plattdeutsch)",
      "word": "Dutch Low Saxon"
    },
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    }
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      "categories": [
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        "A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker."
      ],
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        "(countable) A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany."
      ],
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        [
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          "West Germanic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1989, Alfred Wyler, Dialect and High German in German-speaking Switzerland, page 15",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Dankwart Koehler, In Different Worlds: From POW to PhD, page 49",
          "text": "We, the students, also were supposed to speak High German, but, like our teachers, we did so with a fairly strong Swabian accent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Nicole Egger, Hoi: Your New Swiss German Survival Guide, page 15",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "High Dutch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "Standard High German"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "SHG"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "Standard German"
    },
    {
      "word": "High-German"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "die",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Hochdeutschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "uccô almanī",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "উচ্চ আলমানী"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "高地德語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāodì Déyǔ",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "高地德语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hornoněmčina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "højtysk"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hoogduits"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "ülemsaksa keel"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haut allemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alto alemán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zemogermanuli",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "ზემოგერმანული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zemogermanuli ena",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "ზემოგერმანული ენა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hochdeutsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "word": "felnémet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ard-Ghearmáinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Houdäitsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "høytysk"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
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      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Huachdietsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alto alemão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alto alemán"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "högtyska"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hoykhdaytsh",
      "sense": "any of a group of West Germanic languages",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "הויכדײַטש"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "prômitô uccô almanī",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "প্রমিত উচ্চ আলমানী"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "højtysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hoogduits"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haut allemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Standardhochdeutsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Standarddeutsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hochdeutsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ard-Ghearmáinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "bahasa Jerman Halus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "bahasa Jerman Selatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "word": "Hochdeitsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "germană standard"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limba germană standard"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "standardtyska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "högtyska"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hoykhdaytsh",
      "sense": "Standard High German",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "הויכדײַטש"
    }
  ],
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    "High German languages",
    "Standard German"
  ],
  "word": "High German"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms calqued from German",
    "English terms derived from German",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:German",
    "en:Languages"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "From or pertaining to the southern region of Germany; speaking High German."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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          "ref": "1983, Philip Baldi, An Introduction to the Indo-European Languages, page 128",
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      "word": "High-German"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "language-related",
      "word": "Hoogduits"
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      "lang": "German",
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    "Standard German"
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}

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