High german

There is a widespread reluctance to speak High German in German-speaking Switzerland, and many Swiss prefer to speak even bad French or English to people who do not speak Swiss dialect.

We, the students, also were supposed to speak High German, but, like our teachers, we did so with a fairly strong Swabian accent.

Many foreigners who learn to speak High German complain that Swiss people only reluctantly reply in High German. Apparently Swiss people generally don't like to speak High German. Why is that so? For the Swiss, High German is a foreign language.

I used to harrangue the mob, in broken English, under pretence of being an High German doctor.

Yiddish is a High German language [...]