High German
"high-german" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“High German” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
Corpus desk
Index EN-high-german · High German · English
High German · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | High German |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “High German” in English
Rare enough to double-check
High German is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for High German, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Hochdeutsch. The correct English form is High German, spelled H-I-G-H- -G-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A native or inhabitant of the southern highlands of Germany; a High German speaker.
- 2Any of a group of West Germanic languages or dialects spoken in the southern highlands of Germany.
- 3The standard variety of High German as spoken and written throughout the German language area.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how High German appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
We, the students, also were supposed to speak High German, but, like our teachers, we did so with a fairly strong Swabian accent.
Etymology
Calque of German Hochdeutsch.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.