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High German, or Hochdeutsch, is the name of the standard form of Modern German.  It is a [[West Germanic]]
High German, or Hochdeutsch, is the name of the standard form of Modern German.  It is a [[West Germanic]] and is related to [[Low German]], [[Dutch]], and [[Anglo-Saxon]]/[[Modern English]].  Today it is the official language of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.


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Revision as of 14:13, 1 June 2008

High German, or Hochdeutsch, is the name of the standard form of Modern German. It is a West Germanic and is related to Low German, Dutch, and Anglo-Saxon/Modern English. Today it is the official language of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

High German
HochDeutsch
Spoken in: Germany, Switzerland, Austria (Deutschland, Sweiss)
Conworld: Real world
Total speakers: 105 million
Genealogical classification: Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
     German
High German
Basic word order: SVO, OVS/V2
Morphological type: inflecting
Morphosyntactic alignment: nominative-accusative
Writing system:
Created by:
unknown 1800-Present C.E.

Differences between High German and Other West Germanic Languages