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New High German (NHG) is the term used for the most recent period in the history of the German language. It is a translation of the German Neuhochdeutsch (Nhd). It includes all of the modern High German dialects since the Baroque period but is often used as a synonym for Standard German.The German term was originally coined in 1848 by Jacob Grimm for the period from 1500 to the present day following on from Middle High German (Mittelhochdeutsch).

ISO 639-1 code
de
family
Germanic languages, High German languages, West Germanic languages
spoken in
Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Austria

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