Standard German

Standard German, High German, Standard High German
Standard German, High German, Standard High German
Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch
Region	German-speaking Europe
Native speakers	70,000,000 (2012); 8,000,000 L2 in Germany (2012)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic High German Standard German, High German, Standard High German; ; ; ;
Standard forms	German Standard German Austrian Standard German Swiss Standard German
Writing system	Latin (German alphabet); German Braille
Signed forms	Signed German, LBG; (Lautsprachbegleitende/Lautbegleitende Gebärden)
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).
Language codes
ISO 639-1	de
ISO 639-2	ger (B) ; deu (T)
ISO 639-3	deu
Glottolog	stan1295

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.