Lustenau dialect
The Lustenau dialect (also Lustenau dialect ) is a dialect of the Alemannic language group .
dialect
The Lustenau dialect falls under the Vorarlberg dialects especially due to the widespread use of triphthongs (gliding sounds from three vowels, e.g. ouo, äuo, eio), the use of "i" for the suffixes "ing", "ig", or . "li" for "lein" and "lich", as well as by the often inserted "n" or "m" after the vowels "u" or "ü", the frequent pronunciation of "double S" like soft "ch" and through old terms used exclusively in Lustenau.
Examples
| dialect | Standard German |
|---|---|
| Äuoli | egg |
| Brouot | loaf |
| Schneio | snow |
| Frühohli | spring |
| hiendrfözi | insidious |
| lucky | happy |
| Gärtli | garden |
| Muns | mouse |
| Nundl | noodle |
| Schumfl | shovel |
| Runsch | Intoxication |
| Knün | knee |
| Louot | Bag, grocery bag |
| i must | I must |
| roof as | that it |
| Until night | Afternoon ("to-night") |
| Dachpfättono | Gutter |
| Hoshat | Meadow |
See also
- Hannes Grabher (Lustenau dialect poet)
- List of Vorarlberg dialect expressions
Web links
- Lustenau dictionary (PDF file; 310 kB)
- Video with Lustenau dialect