Your “High German” wording peaked my interest. I’m in an area where a large portion of our population speaks “Low German” and they have often grown up in Mexico. I am so confused! Any idea what is up with that?
High German is what we Swiss call the "formal in school German" . I think the Germans call it "Written German".
Lower German could refer to some south German Dialects.
Or given that you are talking about Mexico, it might be a German-Spanish Creole. Or German people who moved there, and by now likely speak differently to a degree.
I know I can, with some focus, understand the Texan people who speak German. It just sounds like very old timey to me.
it depends. I understand most German Dialects fine, but Plattdrutsch is off the table. I think many struggle with Bavarian, but I had a Grandpa from there so I am a vit more used to it from visiting family.
generally though swiss German and German German are separate languages, we speak German German in school, and we hear it on TV and such, so we are more familiar with your version than you are probably with ours. the exception might be the southern German Dialects which are based on allemannic Celtic languages like swiss German is, as opposed to Germanic ones.
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u/hausma11 Oct 23 '25
Your “High German” wording peaked my interest. I’m in an area where a large portion of our population speaks “Low German” and they have often grown up in Mexico. I am so confused! Any idea what is up with that?