Concerning the Middle High German language.

An ancestor to the modern (High) German language, spoken from 1050 to about 1500. Some linguists prefer to use 1350 as the end of the Middle High German period, calling the period from 1350 to 1650 Early New High German in a broad sense.

The modern form of the German language, successor to Middle High German.

Of or relating to New High German.

The official name of East Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990.

A former German colony in East Africa, spread mostly over present-day mainland Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

A language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.

The sign language used in Germany.

Unserdeutsch

a variety of or descending from Low Prussian (East Low German, Low German or Low Saxon), that developed in Royal Prussia and which is now spoken by communities not only in Germany but also in North America (Canada, the United States), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Russia and some other places. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.)