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24 Dec 2017
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Hey german people, I want to know the diferences between the german from Germany and the austriac german.
Hey german people, I want to know the diferences between the german from Germany and the austriac german.
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Austrian German differs in pronunciation and in vocabulary from German German. Austrian German is also closely related to the Bavarian dialect.
You can compare it with the difference between British and American English.
Examples:
- Tomato | DE: Tomate, AT: Paradeiser
- Potato | DE: Kartoffel, AT: Erdapfel
- January | DE: Januar, AT: Jänner
- High school graduation | DE: Abitur, AT: Matura
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I should add that the austrian german in the television of Austria is close to the german of Germany, and will be understood from Germans. But on the streets in Austria they speak dialects, some heavier, and many Germans are not understand that well (except maybe the people from Bavaria).
So I guess the gap between german from Austria and german from Germany is bigger than the gap between britisch english and american english.
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@Dennis987 wow! I did not know potato is called Erdapfel in Austrian; did they get the etymology from French pomme de terre?
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@Sianyte As I read it is the literal translation of the Latin “malum terrae”, and this is where also the French got “pomme de terre”. A long time ago Erdapfel was used in Germany as well, but nowadays it sounds old-fashioned.
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