There’s no such thing as low German. There are instead hundreds of German dialects. “High German” is just an attempt at unification through an agreed upon stand

There’s no such thing as low German. There are instead hundreds of German dialects. “High German” is just an attempt at unification through an agreed upon standard dialect. For example: The German an Austrian speaks with his grandmother may be incomprehensible to his friend from Switzerland. But they both understand the form used on the news. Saying someone doesn’t speak “low German” is nonsensical. Nonsensical statements make the whole argument suspect.