Questions regarding regional differences in usage of the German language.
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Gibt es Rotwelsch mittlerweile auch in der gehobenen Sprache?
Als Rotwelsch wird schon im Mittelalter die Geheimsprache der Gauner und Bettler bezeichnet. Mittlerweile sind viele Ausdrücke des Rotwelschen fester Bestandteil der deutschen Umgangssprache geworden:
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Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen?
Schibboleths sind Wörter, anhand deren Aussprache man die Herkunft des Sprechers zuordnen kann. Ganz allgemeines Beispiel für Muttersprachler vs. Ausländer: "Streichholzschächtelchen".
Für den ...
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How do we pronounce “China”?
In German there is some confusion on how to pronounce the letters 'ch' in "China". I heard all of following variants:
[ˈçiːnaː] - "ich"
[ˈkçiːnaː] - "Bäckchen"
[ˈkiːnaː] - "Kino"
[ʃiːnaː] - ...
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“Es hat”: synonym for “es gibt”?
A teacher, I once had (native German), said there are three translations for English "there is/are":
es ist (ein Auto auf der Strasse)
es gibt (ein Auto auf der Strasse)
es hat (ein Auto auf der ...
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What is the difference between “moin” and “moin moin”?
"Moin" and "moin moin" both are popular salutations in northern Germany - I'm interested in the differences between them.
Some say "moin moin" is intended as an answer to "moin", others will label ...
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What pronunciation is more influential, higher status or standard?
I was looking into different pronunciations, I saw there is a difference between regions within Germany and also with other German speaking countries, making me wonder which set of pronunciation rules ...
