Highly Alemannic

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The area of ​​the High Alemannic dialects. The Brünig-Napf-Reuss line is shown in red .

High Alemannic is an Upper German dialect form in large parts of German-speaking Switzerland , in Liechtenstein , in parts of southern Baden (south of Freiburg ), in the Alsatian Sundgau and in some areas in Vorarlberg in Austria . Characteristic of the high Alemannische the displacement is of germanic k in the initial sound to ch " K ind" and " K opf", for example, correspond to High Alemannic German " Ch ind" and " Ch opf". This demarcation is also known as the Sundgau-Bodensee barrier .

structure

Eastern High Alemannic (Eastern Swiss German)

In Switzerland :

Outside of Switzerland (often counted as Middle Alemannic or Lake Constance Alemannic instead of High Alemannic ):

Main feature

In the plural of verbs , the ending [ -əd̥ ] applies .

Transitional dialect between eastern and western High Alemannic

  • Lucerne or Lucerne German (in the canton of Lucerne , without hinterland and Entlebuch)
  • large parts of the Aargau

Depending on the criterion, the dialects belong partly to the Eastern (e.g. verbal unit plural or closed pronunciation of / e / in bed or / o: / in Broot ), partly to the western (e.g. two-form verbal plural or open pronunciation of / e / in Bètt and / o: / in Bròt ) group to.

Western High Alemannic (French-speaking German)

(Switzerland only :)

Main feature

The verbs know two plural forms [ -ə -ət -ə ] instead of the unit plural .

South Baden

Sundgauian

This southernmost of the Alsatian dialects is spoken in the French Sundgau .

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: High Alemannic  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations