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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)
Language family
Indo-European
Standard forms
German Standard German
Austrian Standard German
Swiss Standard German
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).

Standard German, High German, or Standard High German, (German: Standarddeutsch, 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.

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