Hochdeutsch (lit. "high German")'s a phrase in German. Linguistically and historically, it refers to the High German languages, which developed in the Southern uplands and the Alps. Hochdeutsch's often used to refer to Standard German in daily (German) language, a confusing term since it collides with the linguistic meaning. In the common meaning, "hoch" refers to "high" in a cultural or educational sense (sometimes pejoratively), while the linguistic term simply refers to the geography of G… (More on Hochdeutsch)