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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun German as indigenously spoken and written in Austria, Switzerland, and central and southern Germany.
- noun The standard variety of German used as the official language in Germany and Austria and as one of the official languages in Switzerland.
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- proper noun any of a group of
West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany, which is divided into the Central German group (including standardGerman as well asLuxembourgish ,Pennsylvania German , and others) and the Upper German group (includingAlemannic ,Bavarian , and others) - proper noun the standard variety of the
German language spoken and written inGermany ,Austria and part ofSwitzerland , where it is also anofficial language.
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- noun the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of German Hochdeutsch : hoch, high (from the mountainous terrain of the area in which it originated) + Deutsch, German.]
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