Velberter Platt
The Velberter Platt (own name: Velbedersch ) is a dialect that is spoken in the village of Velbert ( Bergisches Land ) and that originally belonged to the southern subgroup of Lower Franconian . Today it is mostly counted in German studies under the collective term South Lower Franconian to the Limburg dialect area. The Velberter Platt belongs to the Bergisch region .
particularities
The area of Velbert used to belong to the tribal area of the Saxons and it was not until the 9th century that the first Franks from the areas of the Meuse and the Scheldt were settled as fortified farmers in the Velbert area under Charlemagne . The eastern border of the local Platts is the Westphalian line or -en / -et line (also known as the unit plural or Rhein-IJssel line ) and the important Uerdinger or ik / ich line runs right through the city . This means that there are two language areas in Velbert: A large southern Lower Franconian and a small Ostbergic : in Velbert, Tönisheide and Neviges , ech , mech , dech and ouch are said. In the districts of Langenberg and Bonsfeld lying on the Westphalian border, it is eck , meck , deck and ook / ouk (westf. Auk ) needed.
The Velberter Platt has Central German-Ripuarian as well as Lower Saxony-Westphalian characteristics.
| Standard German | Bergisch (Velbert) | Westphalian |
|---|---|---|
| we cook s | We kok en | wi kuok et |
| her cooking t | Joet kok en | jit kuok et |
| they cook en | si kok en | se kuok et |
The Velberter Platt emerged in the period between the 15th and 16th centuries, when the Cologne expansion reached the Velbert area. The Cologne dialect ultimately gave the village of Velbert its own language when the place was integrated into the Cologne trade route into the Westphalian region. As a result, the local dialect was partly similar to the more southern Kölsch. But due to its isolated location, a lot has been preserved in this dialect that has disappeared in the other neighboring dialects.
Otto Lobbes had also noted, among other things, that because of its transitional character, Bergisch would belong more to the Ripuarian-Central German than to the Low German-speaking area.
The most important characteristics of the Velberter Platt
- k → ch
- ech, mech, dech, six, Geróch, sècher, Bróch, Teïchenstónt
- t → z or s
- fiazich (40), fofzich (50), ziewenzich (70), Zèmmer, tèmern ón zèmern, Zóch
- p → f
- test, welcome (but greet !), wiatschaft
- initial s → z (taken from Ripuarian)
- Zaus (sauce), Zijet (Sayett), Zafroon (Saffran), Zènterkloos, Zop, zückeln ( Dutch : ziek zijn ), zènger
Individual proof
- ↑ Otto Lobbes: Nordbergische Dialektgeographie , magazine for German dialect geography, issue VIII
literature
- Dr. Hermann Bredtmann: The Velbert dialect. A short outline of the theory of phonetics and forms together with a dictionary. Wuppertal-Elberfeld, 1938.
- Friedhelm Kopshoff: "döt on dat - van allem wat op Platt ut Alt-Velbert, Langenberg, Neviges, Heiligenhaus and Wülfrath", Scala Verlag Velbert, 2013