Today’s post is the third and last one about Upper German and we will learn how to speak Bavarian ☺ No, that would be an impossible task, but if you have never heard people speak Bavarian or would like to know more about Bayerisch, or Bayrisch, as it’s also often spelled, then stay here and watch … Read more
In our 8th blog post of German dialects and second part of Upper German we look at the Franconian language – Fränkisch. Wikipedia says:”Franconia (German: Franken, also called Frankenland) is a region in Germany, characterised by its culture and language, and may be roughly associated with the areas in which the East Franconian dialect group, locally … Read more
After having looked at three lower German and three middle German dialects, we come to the upper German dialects. And we start with Swabian, or Schwäbisch, as it’s called in German. Wikipedia says that ‘it is spoken in Swabia, which covers much of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, including its capital, Stuttgart. It is also … Read more
Berlinerisch, or Berliner Schnauze, as it’s also lovingly called, is our last post about the middle German dialects. As the name says, Berlinerisch is spoken in Berlin. Anybody learning German who is struggling with the pronunciation of the ‘ch’ in ‘ich’ will love the Berlin dialect, because they say ‘ick’. I can almost hear you sigh … Read more
Do you know that feeling? You’ve been learning German for a while. Your vocab is pretty good and when you do any listening exercises you understand (almost) everything. Then you go to Germany and very excitedly you try and eavesdrop on conversations ……… and then … you cannot … understand … a word, because the … Read more
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