All Topics  
Low Alemannic German

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Low Alemannic German
 
 
  Topics Low Alemannic German Topic Home

Low Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects
Alemannic German

Alemannic German is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language. It is spoken by approximately ten million people in six countries, including southern Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy....
 and belongs to the German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
, even though they are only partly intelligible to German speakers.

Variants:

feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from High Alemannic
High Alemannic German

High Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic German and is considered a German dialect, even though they are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic German speakers....
 is the retention of Germanic /k/, for instance kalt 'cold' vs. High Alemannic chalt.

The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian
Swabian German

Swabian is one of the Alemannic German dialects of High German languages, spoken in the region of Swabia. Swabia covers much of Germany's southwestern Bundesland of Baden-W?rttemberg and the southwest of the Bundesland Bavaria....
 is the retention of the Middle High German
Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German....
 monophthong
Monophthong

A monophthong is a "pure" vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not semivowel towards a new position of articulation; compare diphthong....
s, for instance Huus 'house' vs. Swabian Hous or Ziit 'time' vs. Swabian Zejt.

of the below is specific to the dialects spoken near Freiburg im Breisgau)

Vowels:

Consonants:

Are as in Standard German, with the following notes:

nite Article

Indefinite Article


le class="wikitable" border="1">
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom/Acc Sg der groos Man di göed Frau s chlai Chind
Dat Sg im (e) groose Man in der / in ere göede Frau im (e) chlaine Chind
Nom/Acc Pl di groose Mane di göede Fraue di chlaine Chinder
Dat Pl in der groose Mane in der göede Fraue in der chlaine Chinder


Strong Declension

Comperative

Superlative

Irregular

onal Pronouns

Verbs
1.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Low Alemannic German'
Start a new discussion about 'Low Alemannic German'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Low Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic dialects
Alemannic German

Alemannic German is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language. It is spoken by approximately ten million people in six countries, including southern Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Italy....
 and belongs to the German language
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
, even though they are only partly intelligible to German speakers.

Variants:
  • dialects of Baden-Württemberg
    Baden-Württemberg

    Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
     in Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    , and Alemán Coloniero
    Alemán Coloniero

    Alem?n Coloniero, spoken in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela, is a dialect that belongs to the Low Alemannic German branch of German language.The language, like other Alemannic German is not mutually intelligible with German language#Standard German, is spoken by descendants of Germans from the Black Forest region of Southern Baden, who emigrated t...
     spoken in Venezuela
    Venezuela

    Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
  • Alsatian
    Alsatian language

    Alsatian is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and Germany control many times....
    , spoken in the Alsace
    Alsace

    Alsace is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France , with 222 inhabitants per km? ....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  • Basel German
    Basel German

    Basel German or Baseldytsch is the dialect of the city of Basel, Switzerland. Among the Swiss German dialects, it is the only Low Alemannic German one....
    , spoken in Basel
    Basel

    Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city . With 731,000 inhabitants in the tri-national metropolitan area , Basel is Switzerland's third-largest urban area....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....


Features

The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from High Alemannic
High Alemannic German

High Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic German and is considered a German dialect, even though they are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic German speakers....
 is the retention of Germanic /k/, for instance kalt 'cold' vs. High Alemannic chalt.

The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian
Swabian German

Swabian is one of the Alemannic German dialects of High German languages, spoken in the region of Swabia. Swabia covers much of Germany's southwestern Bundesland of Baden-W?rttemberg and the southwest of the Bundesland Bavaria....
 is the retention of the Middle High German
Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German....
 monophthong
Monophthong

A monophthong is a "pure" vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not semivowel towards a new position of articulation; compare diphthong....
s, for instance Huus 'house' vs. Swabian Hous or Ziit 'time' vs. Swabian Zejt.

Orthography

(All of the below is specific to the dialects spoken near Freiburg im Breisgau)

Vowels:
Short Vowel Pronunciation Long Vowel Pronunciation
a [a] aa [a:]
ä [æ] ää [æ:]
è [e] èè [e:]
e [e, ?] ee [e:]
i [i] ii [i:]
o [o] oo [o:]
ù [?] ùù [?:]
u [y] uu [y:]
y [i, y] yy [u:]


Consonants:

Are as in Standard German, with the following notes:
  • kh is an aspirated [k]
  • ng is a velar nasal plosive [?]
  • ngg is a velar nasal plosive followed by a velar [?g]
  • ph is an aspirated [p]
  • th is an aspirated [t]
  • z represents [ds] as opposed to Standard German [c]


Articles

Definite Article
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom/Acc Sg der Man d Frau s Chind
Dat Sg im Man (in) der Frau im Chind
Nom/Acc Pl d Mane d Fraue d Chinder
Dat Pl (in) der Mane (in) der Fraue (in) der Chinder


Indefinite Article
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom/Acc Sg e Man e Frau e Chind
Dat Sg im e Man in ere Frau im e Chind


Substantives


  • Class I: Plural = Singular
  • Class II: Plural = Singular + Umlaut
  • Class IIIa: Plural = Singular + -e
  • Class IIIb: Plural = Singular + -"e
  • Class IVa: Plural = Singular + -er
  • Class IVb: Plural = Singular + -"er
  • Class V: No Plural
  • Class VI: No Singular (Plural Only)


Diminutives
  • Standard ending is -li (e.g. Aimer --> Aimerli)
  • If the word ends in -l, then the ending is -eli (e.g. Dääl --> Dääleli)
  • If the word ends in -el, then the ending is -i (e.g. Degel --> Degeli)
  • If the word ends in -e, remove the -e and add -li (e.g. Bèère --> Bèèrli)
  • The rules for this can be quite complex and depend on the region. Sometimes diminutives require umlaut, other times not.


Adjectives


Weak Declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom/Acc Sg der groos Man di göed Frau s chlai Chind
Dat Sg im (e) groose Man in der / in ere göede Frau im (e) chlaine Chind
Nom/Acc Pl di groose Mane di göede Fraue di chlaine Chinder
Dat Pl in der groose Mane in der göede Fraue in der chlaine Chinder


Strong Declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom/Acc Sg göede Wyy göedi Frau göed Brood
Dat Sg göedem Wyy göeder Frau göedem Brood
Nom/Acc Pl groosi Mane groosi Fraue chlaini Chinder
Dat Pl in groose Mane in groose Fraue in chlaine Chinder


Comperative
  • Standard ending -er (e.g. fèin --> fèiner)


Superlative
  • Standard ending -(e)schd (e.g. fèin --> fèinschd)


Irregular
Positive Comperative Superlative
vyyl mee maischd
göed beser beschd


Prouns

Personal Pronouns
English Hochdeutsch Alemmanisch Nom Dative Accusative
I ich ich, ii, i miir, mir, mer mii, mi
you du duu, du, de diir, dir, der dii, di
he er äär, är, er iim, im, em iin, in, en, e
she sie sii, si iire, ire, ere sii, si
it es ääs, äs, es, s iim, im, em ääs, äs, es, s
we wir miir, mir, mer ùns, is ùns, is
you ihr iir, ir, er èich, ich èich, ich
they sie sii, si iine, ine, ene sii, si


Verbs


1. Infinitive

Infinitive ends in -e
  • Some monosyllabic verbs do not have this ending (e.g. chùù, döe, goo, gschää, haa, loo, nee, sää, schdoo, schlaa, syy, zie, etc.)


2. Participle

2.1 Prefix
  • The prefix for g- or ge-
  • Before b, d, g, bf, dsch, and z is merged into the word and not visible (e.g. broochd, glaubd, etc.)
2.2 Suffix
  • Strong Verbs end in -e (e.g. gäse, glofe)
  • Weak Verbs end in -d or -ed (e.g. bùzd, gchaufd)


2.3 Types

2.3.1 Infinitive and Present Sg y/èi/ai - Participle i
2.3.1.1 y -> i (e.g. abwyyse -> abgwiise)
2.3.1.2 èi -> i (e.g. verzèie -> verziie)
2.3.1.3 ai -> i (e.g. schaide -> gschiide)
2.3.2 Infinitive and Present Sg ie/u/au/èi/i - Participle o/öu/öe
2.3.2.1 ie -> o (e.g. biede -> bode)
2.3.2.2 u -> o (e.g. sufe -> gsofe)
2.3.2.3 au -> o (e.g. laufe -> glofe)
2.3.2.4 èi -> öu (e.g. rèie -> gröue)
2.3.2.5 ie -> öe (e.g. riefe -> gröefe)
2.3.2.5 i -> o (e.g. wiige -> gwooge)
2.3.3 Infinitive and Present Sg i - Participle ù
2.3.3.1 i -> u (e.g. binde -> bùnde)
2.3.4 Infinitive ä/e - Present i - Participle o/u
2.3.4.1 ä - i - o (e.g. bräche -> broche)
2.3.4.2 ä - i - u (e.g. hälfe -> ghùlfe)
2.3.4.3 e/è - i - o (e.g. verdèèrbe -> verdoorbe)
2.3.4.4 e - i - ù (e.g. schmelze -> gschmùlze)
2.3.5 Infinitive ä/i - Present i - Participle ä
2.3.5.1 ä - i - ä (e.g. äse -> gäse)
2.3.5.2 i - i - ä (e.g. bide -> bäde)
2.3.6 Infinitive Vowel is the same as the Participle
2.3.5.1 (e.g. bache -> bache; fale -> gfale)

3. Conjugation
3.1 Present Tense 3.1.1 Regular Verb

Numbers


Cardinal Ordinal Mutiplicative I Mutiplicative II
1 ais èèrschd aifach aimool
2 zwai zwaid zwaifach zwaimool
3 drèi drid drèifach drèimool
4 vier vierd vierfach viermool
5 fimf fimfd fimffach fimfmool
6 segs segsd segsfach segsmool
7 siibe sibd siibefach siibemool
8 aachd aachd aachdfach aachdmool
9 nyyn nyynd nyynfach nyynmool
10 zee zeend zeefach zeemool
11 elf elfd elffach elfmool
12 zwelf zwelfd zwelffach zwelfmool
13 dryzee dryzeend dryzeefach dryzeemool
14 vierzee vierzeend vierzeefach vierzeemool
15 fùfzee fùfzeend fùfzeefach fùfzeemool
16 sächzee sächzeend sächzeefach sächzeemool
17 sibzee sibzeend sibzeefach sibzeemool
18 aachdzee aachdzeend aachdzeefach aachdzeemool
19 nyynzee nyynzeend nyynzeefach nyynzeemool
20 zwanzg zwanzigschd zwanzgfach zwanzgmool
21 ainezwanzg ainezwanzigschd ainezwanzgfach ainezwanzgmool


External links