West Germanic, West Germanic language - a branch of the Germanic languages

Old High German - High German prior to 1200

Middle High German - High German from 1100 to 1500

Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script

Pennsylvania Dutch - a dialect of High German spoken in parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland

Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990