German

A word of very doubtful etymology, used for:— (1) German : the typical language of modern High-Dutch , which is naturally derived from the ancient Alemannic , and allied to Gothic , which, however, is cla ed as Low-German . It is, in many dialects, the vernacular speech of the Empire of Germany, Pru ia, Austria, Bavaria, . The form of its printed letters is of the cla called Gothic, and both closely resemble Old English black-letter, but the use of Roman letter is gaining ground. Dictys. by Heyse, Hilpert, Sanders, Flügel, Grimm, Lucas, ., Grammars by Grimm, Kehrein, . (2) Old High-German. See Ma mann: “Gedrängtes althochdeutsches Wörterb.,” Berlin, 1846. See Germanic . (3) Middle High-German. See Benecke: “Wörterb.,” 4 vols., Leipsig, 1854-60; Ziemann, 1838. See Germanic . (4) New High-German. See Luther an . (5) Dialects. See Jülg’s “Vater,” pp. 84-93; Works by Hoefer, Schmeller, We in hold, . (6) Nieder Platt-Deutsch , or Low-German . See Dutch .