High German
E59738
High German is the group of Upper and Central German dialects that form the basis of Standard German and are spoken primarily in the southern and central highland regions of the German-speaking area.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| High German canonical | 15 |
| High German dialects | 1 |
| High German languages | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T475591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High German Context triple: [German, hasDialectGroup, High German]
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A.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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B.
Low German
Low German is a West Germanic language traditionally spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary that set it apart from Standard German.
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C.
Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian is a group of West Central German dialects spoken primarily in parts of western Germany, Luxembourg, and eastern France.
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D.
Alemannic German
Alemannic German is a group of Upper German dialects spoken primarily in parts of Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
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E.
Austro-Bavarian German
Austro-Bavarian German is a major Upper German dialect group spoken primarily in Austria and parts of Bavaria and South Tyrol, characterized by distinct phonology, vocabulary, and regional varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High German Target entity description: High German is the group of Upper and Central German dialects that form the basis of Standard German and are spoken primarily in the southern and central highland regions of the German-speaking area.
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A.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
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B.
Low German
Low German is a West Germanic language traditionally spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary that set it apart from Standard German.
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C.
Rhenish Franconian
Rhenish Franconian is a group of West Central German dialects spoken primarily in parts of western Germany, Luxembourg, and eastern France.
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D.
Alemannic German
Alemannic German is a group of Upper German dialects spoken primarily in parts of Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
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E.
Austro-Bavarian German
Austro-Bavarian German is a major Upper German dialect group spoken primarily in Austria and parts of Bavaria and South Tyrol, characterized by distinct phonology, vocabulary, and regional varieties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
West Germanic language variety
ⓘ
group of dialects ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Low Franconian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Low Franconian
Low German ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy | High German consonant shift ⓘ |
| formsBasisOf | Standard German ⓘ |
| glottocode | high1287 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
case system with nominative, accusative, dative, genitive
ⓘ
rich system of vowel distinctions ⓘ three grammatical genders ⓘ verb-second word order in main clauses ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalStage |
New High German
ⓘ
surface form:
Early New High German
Middle High German ⓘ Old High German ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Central German languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central German
Upper German ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed south of the Benrath line ⓘ |
| includesDialectGroup |
Alemannic German
ⓘ
Bavarian ⓘ Central German languages ⓘ
surface form:
East Central German
Central German languages ⓘ
surface form:
West Central German
|
| influenced |
Standard German morphology
ⓘ
Standard German phonology ⓘ Standard German vocabulary ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 |
gmh (Middle High German, historical stage)
ⓘ
goh (Old High German, historical stage) ⓘ |
| languageBranch | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | German language ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry |
Austria
ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Czech Republic (border regions)
Alsace ⓘ
surface form:
France (Alsace, Lorraine)
Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Italy (South Tyrol)
Liechtenstein ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Silesia ⓘ
surface form:
Poland (Silesia and other areas)
Switzerland ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
German-speaking highlands
ⓘ
central German-speaking area ⓘ southern German-speaking area ⓘ |
| subclassOf | German dialects ⓘ |
| timePeriod | emerged in early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedAs | basis for written German norms ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: High German Description of subject: High German is the group of Upper and Central German dialects that form the basis of Standard German and are spoken primarily in the southern and central highland regions of the German-speaking area.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
High German languages
this entity surface form:
High German dialects