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hochdeutsch actually refers to the "higher altitude" dialects from the south like bavarian, saxon or swabian...
you actually mean standarddeutsch
well it's what we call it here in the middle west of germany - hochdeutsch is the opposite to the dialects.
Source: I was born and raised here calling it "Hochdeutsch" lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_German
Standard is a form of high german
Hochdeutsch refers to Standard High German, the "neutral" or "standard" dialect of the German countries. If you go to a village in Bayern and can't understand them, it's because they're speaking Bayrisch instead of Hochdeutsch
No idea, if that's a regional thing that "Hochdeutsch" primarily means Southern German to you, but here in South Germany, I doubt anyone would be aware of your definition and everyone understands "Hochdeutsch" to mean "Standard High German".
My dictionary does list the Southern German meaning, but it's listed as the secondary meaning.