Standard German · Standard High German · Schriftdeutsch
The codified standard variety of German used in education, media, and administration across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Based on the High German consonant shift and a written norm dating to Luther; the spoken standard is conventionally associated with the Hanover region of Lower Saxony.
Un grup de variante alemannice de sus vorbite în Elveția germană. Mutual neinteligibile cu germana standard pentru majoritatea ascultătorilor neelvețieni.