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The German dialect was divided into High German in the south and Low German in the north. High German refers to the low coastal plain in the north. Boats go down the Rhine in a northwesterly direction from Basel to Rotterdam and down the Elbe in a northwesterly direction from Dresen to Hamburg. Because maps often hang on walls with north at the top, we say "up north" and "down south," just as the Germans say "up in Schleswig" and "down in Bavaria" (unten in Bayern), so it is sometimes hard to remember that High Germany is in the south and Low Germany is in the north. The High German sound shift, which altered most consonants, began soon after the Alemanni and Bavarians reached the Alps following the collapse of the Roman Empire.
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In all of the German-speaking countries, educational reform has been a hot topic of discussion in recent years. At all levels, from kindergarten to university, critics have been calling for changes in the traditional way of running schools. At the same time, some educational experiments—notably the comprehensive high school (Gesamtschule) and the entire overburdened German university system—have come under fire. School discipline has increasingly become a problem in urban areas. Although everyone agrees that there are problems in education, not everyone agrees on just what changes are needed.
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In the car segment, German brands ... swam upstream and against the trend, increasing their sales by 1 percent to 768,000 units. As a result, the German market share in the car category has risen to more than 10 percent. The ranking of top-selling German brands in the United States in 2007 is led by the BMW 3-series, the VW Jetta and the Mercedes C Class hold second and third place, followed by the BMW 5-series and the Mercedes E Class. New rules of the game apply to the compact car segment - the keyword here is the smart fortwo, which is in high demand on the U.S. market.
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High German began to emerge as the standard literary language during the 16th century. Martin Luther's translation of the Bible, which he completed in 1534, marks the beginning of this process. The language he used, based partly on spoken German, became the model for written German.
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While the overall U.S. light truck market saw a decline of 6 percent over the past four years, German brands were able to boost their sales of light trucks on the U.S. market by 60 percent to 180,000 vehicles. According to Wissmann, "An official Premium SUV segment does not currently exist; ... the German brands are in the process of successfully creating this new standard." Audi, for instance has doubled U.S. Q7 revenues in 2007, while Mercedes saw a 100% increase in its G Class. VW has a presence with its Touareg, the Porsche Cayenne generated a plus of almost 20 percent and the BMW X5 saw its sales jump by more than 30 percent. New products - such as the GLK by Mercedes - are in the process of entering the market. "All of this proves: If you offer intelligent and state-of-the-art solutions, even the highly competitive light truck market in the United States offers a wealth of opportunities," confirmed the VDA President.
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