Western Allgäu

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Western Allgäu

Spoken in

Bavarian West Allgäu , Oberstaufen & neighboring places
speaker approx. 35,000
Linguistic
classification

West Allgäu is a Lower Alemannic dialect spoken in West Allgäu that is closely related to the other Allgäu regional dialects as well as the Vorarlberg Bregenzerwald dialect . The cross-border relationship to the forest comes from, among other things, because large parts of the Western Allgäu were a part of Upper Austria until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 .

Typical characteristics

Characteristic features of the West Allgäu are z. B .:

The old Alemannic monophthongs [û], [î], [iu] are formed in the front of the mouth:

. The mhd. According [ei]meet the diphthongs [oi] and[ui]

For ahd. [iu] Stands : [ia]

From the words stand, go, let, have (< mhd. [stân], [gân], [lân], [hân] ) Becomes:

Nouns end in full tone [-ar](from ahd. [ari] ):

Female nouns end in full tone [-a]:

Continuation of the old ahd.long vowels [ê]and [ô]:

Reduced form (regardless of the amount): [-le]

Differentiating location information:

A distinction is made for numeral words whether they are placed next to a masculine, feminine or neuter noun :

Pronunciation:

  • that [r]is rolled in the Western Allgäu (tongue-r)
  • that [st]and [sp]becomes [scht]and[schp]
  • this [t]is pronounced softly: about[dt]

Legend:

  • [ e ] = Murmellaut, Schwa (in IPA ə )
  • [ a ] = murmur
  • [å] = dull sound between [a] and [o]. (Sounds like "I'm sorry for you")

Small differences

However, there are also small differences within the Western Allgäu. In the south and east, for example, “wreath” and “salt” become:

Or from the word "haze":

Typical West Allgäu expressions

German Western Allgäu
dummy Bapf
Boys Bu e b e
Monday Mähdag
Tuesday Ziischdag
Wednesday Migde
Thursday Dunschtag
Friday Friddag
Saturday Saturday
Sunday Sunday / Sunday
above dooba
none / no kuina / kuin
Did you hoschd
would have hon / ho / hond (plural)
could you / can you Kinsch you / kaasch you
Not it / itta
not at all even it
over here hernad
over there dernad
slurry Laugh e
manure bschit e
good for nothing, good for nothing pfidz e nix or Des kasch huitz e
terrible, bad, very fiery
yes (agreeing) right
beautiful schoh
is ish
nearly schiir
social gathering Hoschdtuub e
Slurry pit Laugh e loo
devil Gitzgäbeler
yawning guin e
sleet / fine hail kitz e boll e
Gargle in wet shoes soozg e
throw / fall keij e
Glove Hänsch e
Slipper Båådsch e
roll down dtrool e
Wood splinters in the skin Piss e
potato Grumbbr e / Bodabira
Male cat Båål e
lie flicker e
girl Schpudtl or Feel
Nothing ni e rts
sneeze Pflidzg e
climb harz e
slip away piss out
scuffle håår e
Problems / does not work immediately as Hurr e d
snow free ååbr
spit schpuiz e
stone Shdui
Shrub / bushes Bosch e
cry bri a gg e or blähr e
German Western Allgäu
fence Hague
Repair fence still e haag e
Snack in the morning Ve a schb e ( from Latin: Vespers)
Toilet Loib e l e
Depp / idiot Hiersel
Oh Lord ahne pfjötteslöl e
almost not almost it
can / would kaasch
have raised
bone Bui
Pantry Food
Closed wound Reputation e
Buttocks Fieddl e
head Grind
leg Hax e
belly Ranz ee
mouth Schnotter / Mull
male member Tip
female breast Duda / Gwoi
hiccup Reaver
slips away pits
after talking / being dissatisfied still e mul e
be angry / mood moderate
tearful / despite grenn e
cry blarr e
think still e sense e
think sense e
Make hay haib e
Second / third cut hay Oohmad
Hay from a wet / damp meadow Streib e
Dry the field dole e
smooth hell
automobile Karr e
Edge on a slope / mountain Buckle e
Meadow for cows Feerwoid
Meadow Woid
calf Kebl e
cow Cow e
Young cattle / under 2 years Schump e
Hay store Heischtock
Hay store above Boo / Schind e
bull Minor e
cut fresh grass grass e
Spread the grass greisel e
Unite grass / sausages on the field schoch e / lorei e / Mada
Hang up grass individually huiz e
forget it / bullshit des kaasch huiz e
fence Hague
Repair fence still e haag e
bedroom Gaad e
living room Schtubb e
laugh kittr e

Example sentences

Western Allgäu Standard German
Lueg dr amål d 'Schpudtla aa! Take a look at the girls!
Gang i de Keer and get to Krette Bodebira uffer,
abr lueg that d 'it abekeijeschd!		 Go into the basement and bring up a basket of potatoes,
but be careful not to fall down!
Des Feel håt ou allad ebbas z'm due. This girl always has something to do.
Geaschtig isch no Wintr gsi, it's called isch Scho Frieling. or

Spray isch no Wintr gsi, hitt isch Scho Frialing.

Yesterday was still winter, today is already spring.
Schputl förbs gadå, take the flick and throw it off Gmiedr d Förkå. Girls clean the living room, take off the apron and throw the garbage down the drain.

Western Allgäu today

Western Allgäu is being pushed back more and more by standard German and by the relatively widespread dialects Swabian and Bavarian . For example, not only has the West Allgäu vocabulary decreased significantly in the last hundred years; The typical characteristics of the Western Allgäu are also getting lost more and more. For example, nouns like “Eeschdtriichar” rarely end [-ar]and, among today's youth, can usually only be distinguished [sch]from the corresponding High German words (here “Österreicher”) by a southern German (ie “Öschterreicher”).

literature

Web links

Wikipedia in Alemannic (including Western Allgäu)