German pronunciation (Siebs)

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German pronunciation is a German pronunciation dictionary . Thework, first published in1898 under the title Deutsche Bühnenaussprache under the direction of Theodor Siebs , was for a long time decisive for the regulation of German pronunciation ( Orthoepie ). Only with the 19th edition (1969) was the word stage pronunciation given upin the titleand the new title German pronunciation used; also, for the first time,a moderate high accent was allowedalongside a so-called pure high accent .

Siebs tried to standardize the pronunciation of the written German language. The written language itself is essentially based on High German dialects, but the pronunciation proposed by Siebs was largely based on North German conventions. Siebs stipulated that the initial s should be pronounced as a voiced [z] and not as an unvoiced [s], as is common in southern Germany.

The resulting pronunciation regulation was in many respects far removed from the linguistic reality of most speakers. In Austria , concerns about the application of Siebs' regulations for teaching in the 1950s led to the publication of an Austrian supplement to Sieb's "Deutsche Hochsprache - Bühnenaussprache", which adapted some regulations for Austria.

Shortly after its publication, the Siebs was exposed to severe criticism. Wilhelm Viëtor wrote that the overarticulated Siebsian pronunciation, optimized for the verse drama, appeared “graceful and therefore ridiculous” in everyday communication.

The importance of the sieve has declined significantly in recent years and decades. Partly responsible for this is the appearance of further pronunciation dictionaries (e.g. through the Duden and the dictionary of the German pronunciation of the GDR ) whose pronunciation norms are closer to the actually spoken standard German .

See also

literature

  • Theodor Siebs (greeting): German pronunciation. Pure and moderate pronouncement with pronunciation dictionary / sieves . Edited by Helmut de Boor et al. 19., revised. Edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 1969 (reprint: VMA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-928127-66-7 )
  • Theodor Siebs: German stage debate . 12th edition. Bonn: Albert Ahn 1920.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German pronunciation dictionary, 1912, p. VIII, quoted from Gerhard Helbig (ed.): Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 2001, p. 164.

Web links

Wiktionary: stage pronunciation  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations