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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 2 of 11 21 August 2011 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
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Frankfurt German is a German dialect, belonging to the "Hessische" group of dialects, that differs from standard Hochdeutsch in various aspects of the pronunciation. So, final "n" is often dropped, hard "p, t, k" will change to soft "b, d, g", and "ch" and "g" will change to a soft "sch" like in French "journal".
For example "Guten Morgen" will become "Guude Morsche". A famous example of Frankfurt dialect are the following lines from Goethe's drama "Faust": "Ach neige, du schmerzensreiche..." which only rhyme when spoken in Frankfurt German sounding like this: "Ach neische, du schmerzensreische..." I hope these few explanations were helpful. Edited by Josquin on 21 August 2011 at 7:48pm 6 persons have voted this message useful | |
| B-Tina Tetraglot Senior Member Germany dragonsallaroun Joined 5527 days ago 123 posts - 218 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Polish | Message 4 of 11 22 August 2011 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
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Well you asked for it... here's a clip performed by the local comedy group "Badesalz". The clip is taken from their film "Abbuzze": the plot is more of a parody, but the language is quite authentic:
Badesalz - Im Fitneßstudio A Youtube search for "Mundstuhl" (a similar comedy group) should also yield some interesting results. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Sprachgenie Decaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5709 days ago 128 posts - 165 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, Icelandic, Flemish, Persian, Swiss-German Studies: English, Belarusian | Message 5 of 11 29 August 2011 at 5:33am | IP Logged |
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Don't worry about dialects or accents in Frankfurt. Germans will speak standard German, and it is even more likely they will speak English with you. The only accents you will encounter are the foreign accents of immigrants.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6272 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 6 of 11 11 September 2011 at 12:49pm | IP Logged |
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Although accents vary, my personal experience of Germany is that you are less likely to hear dialect than you would in Austria. Admittedly my main recent experience of Germany is of highly urban areas of Nordrhein-Westfalen.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6085 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 7 of 11 11 September 2011 at 2:28pm | IP Logged |
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oh, I'm soo glad I stumbled in on this thread -- I'm a dialect junkie! I live in the Frankfurt area so keep throwing the links, I stand here with open arms!
Badesalz: do muss isch grade mol lache :D I've read that Goethe's last words were, "Mehr Licht" (More light), but what he could've been saying was Hessisch, "Mer lischd hier so schleschd!" (I'm laying crooked or I'm uncomfortable) A -slightly- more gehochdeutscht version would be, "mir liegt es hier so schlecht" There's quite a number of dialects in and around my area (Lahn-Dill-Kreis) but I guess the most standard umbrella term is Hessisch. I've heard people refer to it as Platt. I'm trying to train my ear to understand it, but they always tell me I haven't got a chance ;) Edited by Sunja on 11 September 2011 at 2:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 8 of 11 11 September 2011 at 3:07pm | IP Logged |
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Schwierig, gell? Don't worry, after living in Darmstadt for almost 2 years, I still get lost. Here are some Hessisch links to get you started! :)
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