Standard German

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Standard German is the standardized variety of the German language used in formal communication, education, media, and official contexts across German-speaking countries.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf spoken standard ⓘ
standard language ⓘ
variety of German ⓘ
written standard ⓘ
alsoKnownAs High German standard ⓘ
linked to: Standard German

Hochdeutsch ⓘ
linked to: Standard German

Standarddeutsch ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
basedOn various High German dialects ⓘ
codifiedIn Council for German Orthography rules ⓘ
Duden orthography ⓘ
hasFeature V2 word order in main clauses ⓘ
four grammatical cases ⓘ
strong and weak verb conjugations ⓘ
three grammatical genders ⓘ
verb-final order in subordinate clauses ⓘ
hasRegionalStandardVariety Austrian Standard German ⓘ
German Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German

Swiss Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
historicalDevelopment emerged between 16th and 19th centuries ⓘ
ISO639-1Code de ⓘ
ISO639-2Code deu ⓘ
ger ⓘ
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
officialStatusIn Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
orthographyReform German spelling reform of 1996 ⓘ
partOf German language ⓘ
primaryMedium written language ⓘ
regulates formal spoken communication in German ⓘ
formal written communication in German ⓘ
role lingua franca among German dialect speakers ⓘ
spokenAlongside German dialects ⓘ
standardizationInfluencedBy Martin Luther's Bible translation ⓘ
linked to: Luther Bible

chancery languages of early modern German states ⓘ
subfamily High German languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
teachingAs foreign language worldwide ⓘ
usedBy German-language international media ⓘ
usedFor administration ⓘ
education ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
official documents ⓘ
usedIn Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
German-speaking communities worldwide ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
South Tyrol ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
writingSystem German orthography ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High German → formsBasisOf → Standard German ⓘ
Upper German → influenced → Standard German (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
New High German → includes → Standard German ⓘ
New High German → standardVariety → Standard German ⓘ
East Belgium → usesLanguage → Standard German ⓘ
Eastphalian → contactWith → Standard German ⓘ
Eastphalian → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Eastphalian → contrastWith → Standard German ⓘ
Central Bavarian → standardLanguage → Standard German ⓘ
Sallands → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Standard German ⓘ
High German consonant shift → affectsLanguage → Modern Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Upper Franconian dialects → usedAlongside → Standard German ⓘ
Bamberg dialect → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Ripuarian → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Nuremberg dialect → distinctFrom → Standard German ⓘ
Colognian → distinctFrom → Standard German ⓘ
North Frisian → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Strücklingen dialect → coexistsWith → Standard German ⓘ
Kölsch → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Hessian → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Upper Saxon → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Standard German → alsoKnownAs → Standarddeutsch ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Standard German → alsoKnownAs → Hochdeutsch ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Standard German → alsoKnownAs → High German standard ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Standard German → hasRegionalStandardVariety → German Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Standard German → hasRegionalStandardVariety → Swiss Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Standard German phonology → language → Standard German ⓘ
Banat Swabian dialect → distinctFrom → Standard German ⓘ
German → typicalLanguageVariety → Standard German ⓘ
South Franconian German → standardLanguage → Standard German ⓘ
Early New High German → precedes → Modern Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Early New High German → developedInto → Modern Standard German ⓘ
linked to: Standard German
Franconian German → usesOrthographyOf → Standard German ⓘ
Franconian German → notSameAs → Standard German ⓘ
Deutschschweiz → officialWrittenLanguage → Standard German ⓘ
Ostfälisch → standardLanguageInfluence → Standard German ⓘ
Southern Bavarian → standardLanguage → Standard German ⓘ
Gronings → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Jauer → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Eggermühlen → hasLanguageUse → Standard German ⓘ
Kölsch dialect → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ
Fering → influencedBy → Standard German ⓘ