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What is “hochdeutsch”? Which dialect should I learn?
If I want to learn the German language, which dialect should I learn?
In other words, I would like to know about the dialect which is most common?
(I have just arrived in Germany and living in ...
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Hochdeutsch only or also regionalisms?
When making a sales call, for example, should you:
only speak standard Hochdeutsch with the customer no matter what,
use that customer's regional language or dialect if you know it to "get on their ...
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Why is “Zeile” but not “Zeiger” differently pronounced in the south?
For both nouns there is a similar pronunciation of "-ei-" in standard German:
Zeile: [ˈʦaɪ̯lə]
Zeiger: [ˈʦaɪ̯ɡɐ]
When people in some southern German regions try to speak non-dialect German the ...
