common German

The standardized German vocabulary, which is identical throughout the entire German-speaking world, is referred to as Gemeindeutsch: in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium (East Belgium), Italy (South Tyrol), Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. However, there are no common German terms for many situations, but only variants. The incomplete German-language vocabulary can therefore neither generate a variety nor a higher-ranking standard.

In the early modern period, in the 16th and 17th centuries, Gemeindeutsch was also a synonym for the Upper German language, which was then used as a literary language in the Upper German language area, especially in Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria Meissner Kanzleisprache was also expanded and standardized, but ultimately was not accepted and was replaced by the Gottschedian High German in the late 18th century. The term gemain teutsch was already shaped in the second half of the 15th century by the southern German book printers of Augsburg, Nuremberg and Strasbourg. Edit source text Single-level Edit source text

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