Dialekt

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dialectos/dialectus f, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος f (diálektos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diaˈlɛkt/
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Noun

Dialekt m (strong, genitive Dialektes or Dialekts, plural Dialekte)

  1. dialect
    Synonyms: Mundart; (colloquial, regional) Platt
    • 1996, Cléo Vilson Altenhofen, Hunsrückisch in Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung einer deutschbrasilianischen Dialektvarietät im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen (series: Mainzer Studien zur Sprach- und Volksforschung 21), Franz Steiner Verlag : Stuttgart, p. 2 and 3:
      • Im folgenden beschäftige ich mich mit einem auf westmitteldeutscher Basis neu komponierten Dialekt, der im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen seine Besonderheiten ausgebildet hat: dem sogenannten Hunsrückischen.
      • Inwiefern weicht der neue Dialekt von dem "Hunsrückisch" der deutschen Urheimat ab?

Usage notes

  • Varieties of standard German or modern colloquial German are not commonly called Dialekte but Regiolekte (regiolects). Moreover, the word is not commonly used for non-regional varieties of language such as Soziolekte (sociolects). This is often in contrast to the terminology of Anglophone, particularly American, linguistics.

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Further reading

  • Dialekt” in Duden online
  • Dialekt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache