Standard German
Standard German, High German, or Standard High German, (German: [Standarddeutsch] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Hochdeutsch, or in Swiss Standard German Schriftdeutsch), is the standardized variety of the German language used in formal occasions, and for communication between different dialect areas. It has three specific regional variants: German Standard German, Austrian Standard German, and Swiss Standard German.
| Standard German, High German, Standard High German | |
|---|---|
| Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch | |
| Region | German-speaking Europe |
| Native speakers | 70,000,000 (2012)e19 8,000,000 L2 in Germany (2012)[1] |
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Standard forms | |
| Writing system | Latin (German alphabet) German Braille |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Austria Belgium Germany South Tyrol (Italy) Liechtenstein Luxembourg Switzerland Minority/Cultural/National language in various other countries/dependencies |
| Regulated by | No official regulation (German orthography regulated by the Council for German Orthography[2]). |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | de |
| ISO 639-2 | ger (B) deu (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | deu |
Standard German Media
The national and regional standard varieties of the German language
An Austrian Standard German speaker (Heinz Kröpfl for Radio Grün-Weiß, 2010)
A Swiss Standard German speaker (2008)
A Standard German speaker from Germany
Volume 1 "German Orthography" of the 25th edition of the Duden dictionary
42nd edition of the Österreichisches Wörterbuch ("Austrian Dictionary")
The logo of Deutsche Welle.
Related pages
Notes
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