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Contrasting the abovementioned two Bergish groups, Ripuarian Bergish languages belong to the Middle German group, and thus are High German varieties, together with e.g. Austro-Bavarian, and Swiss German, among many others.
Due to the importance of the Carolingian abbeys of St. Gall and Reichenau Island, a considerable part of the Old High German corpus has Alemannic traits.
Central German (Mitteldeutsch), the general term for dialects in Central Germany - the northernmost High German dialects.
The name of the river Spree was recorded by Thietmar of Merseburg as Sprewa (Middle German sprejen, sprewen, High German sprühen meaning to spray water).