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German is used in Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.
It is also used in parts of Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, and many other countries.
| Dialects shown below: |
"Standard",
colloquial,
Allgäu,
Berlin,
Cologne,
Denglisch,
Erzgebirge,
Eschweiler,
Hessian,
Hohenlohe,
Hunsrik,
Hunsrück,
Lippe,
Lorraine Franconian,
Rheinisch,
Upper Saxon,
Vienna,
Vogtland,
and
Volhynian |
| Language games below: |
Bebe-Sprache
and Löffelsprache |
| Constructed scripts below: |
Grand Alphabet |
| Related entries elsewhere: |
German Braille (Brailleschrift),
German Unified Shorthand (Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift),
and
historical forms of German |
| Related languages elsewhere: | Bavarian, Kölsch, Low Saxon, Mennonite German (Plautdietsch), Pennsylvania German, Swabian German, Swiss German (Allemannisch), and Walser German |
Standard Germanshown using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA):
Language information at Wikipedia
Writing system information at Omniglot
Alternate names for German include Deutsch and Hochdeutsch
Colloquial German
Allgäu (also known as Allgäuer or Allgäuisch)
The Allgäu dialect of German is used in the Allgäu area of southern Germany.
1) Wo isch mei Zimmr?
Berlin (also known as Berlinisch or Berlinerisch)
The Berlin dialect of German is used in and around the city of Berlin, Germany.
1) Wo is mein ßimm'r?Language information at Wikipedia
Cologne
The Cologne dialect of German is used in and around Cologne, Germany.
1) Wo iss mie Zimmer?
Denglisch (also known as Engleutsch and Germish)
Denglisch is German with a mixture of (Germanized) English words and idioms. It can be found in all German-speaking countries.
1) Wo ist mein Raum?Language information at Wikipedia
Erzgebirgisch (also known as Aarzgebèèrgsch)
The Erzgebirge dialect of German is used in the Ore Mountains between Germany and the Czech Republic.
1) Wuu is mei Schduub?Language information at Wikipedia
Eschweiler (also known as Eischwiele Platt, Eschweiler Platt, or Aischwiile Plat)
The Eschweiler dialect of German is used in the area of Eschweiler, a town in the North Rhine-Westphalia Federal State in Germany.
![[Eschweiler dialect]](german-standard4.gif)
Language information at Wikipedia (in German)
Hessian (also known as Hessisch)
The Hessian dialect of German is used primarily in the state of Hesse, Germany.
1) Wou is moi Zimmer?Language information at Wikipedia
Hohenlohe
The Hohenlohisch dialect of German is used in the Hohenlohe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1) Wuâ is mei Zimmer?Language information at Wikipedia (in German)
Hunsrik (also known as Hunsriker, Rio Grande Hunsriker, and Riograndenser Hunsrückisch)
The Hunsrik dialect of German is used in parts of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
1) Woo is mayn tsimer?Language information at Wikipedia
Hunsrücker Platt
Hunsrückisch is used in the mountainous Hunsrück region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1) Wo is määine Stuh?Language information at Wikipedia
Lippisch Platt
The Lippisch Platt dialect of German is used in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region of Germany
1) Wo ess müine Stoben?Language information at Wikipedia (in German)
Lorraine Franconian
The Lorraine Franconian dialect of German is used in parts of the Lorraine region of France.
1) Wo ìsch min Zìmmer?Language information at Wikipedia
Rheinisch
The Rheinisch dialect of German is used in parts of the North Rhine-Westphalia Federal State in Germany.
1) Wo ist mein Zimmer?
Upper Saxon (also known as Saxonian, Obersächsisch, or Sächsisch)
The Upper Saxon dialect of German is used primarily in the regions of Dresden, Leipzig, and Chemnitz (which make up the German Free State of Saxony).
1) Wou issn mei Zimmor?Language information at Wikipedia
See my Upper Saxon page for the Upper Saxon language
Vienna (also known as Wienerisch or Weanarisch)
The Viennese dialect of German is used mostly in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
1) Wo isn mei Zimma?
Vogtland (also known as Vogtlaendisch)
The Vogtland dialect of German is used in the Vogtlandkreis district of Germany
1) Wu isn mei Zimmor?
Volhynian (also known as Wolhyniendeutsch or Woliniendeitsch)
The Volhynian dialect of German is from the Volhynia region in western Ukraine.
1) Wo ist mein Ssimmer?
Bebe-Sprache (also known as B-Sprache or Bebe-Sprabachebe)
Bebe-Sprache is a German language game.
1) Wobo ibist meibein Zibimmeber?Additional information at Wikipedia (in German)
More games are on my language game page
Löffelsprache
Löffelsprache is a German language game.
1) Wolefo ilefist meilefein Zilefimmelefer?Additional information at Wikipedia (in German)
More games are on my language game page
Matthew Whitaker created the Grand Alphabet to unify the writing systems of English, German and Russian.
![[German using the Grand Alphabet]](alt_grand_german1.gif)
See also English and Russian using the Grand Alphabet
Writing system information at Omniglot
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