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High German
noun
- the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's law. : HG, H.G.
High German
noun
- the standard German language, historically developed from the form of West Germanic spoken in S Germany HG See also German Low German
- any of the German dialects of S Germany, Austria, or Switzerland
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Word History and Origins
Origin of High German1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
We have never borrowed directly from High-German, because we have never needed to borrow.
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Those were more or less the first sentences which I was given to read in our dear High-German language.
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The origin of this is the Old High German scirman, to fight behind a shield, scirm.
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Freidank, the composer of a Middle High German didactic poem, which belongs to the first half of the thirteenth century.
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The -r first appears in the Old High German; wisu, was, wrums, wsaner.
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