Regiolekt

German

Etymology

Region +‎ -lekt (“-lect”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌʁe.ɡi̯oˈlɛkt/
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Examples

Hä hät mer do letz Woch jet drüvver jesaat. (Kölsch dialect)
Ä hat mer da letzte Woche wat drübber jesacht. (Rhineland regiolect)
Er hat mir letzte Woche etwas darüber gesagt. (Standard German proper)
He told me something about it last week. (English)

Noun

Regiolekt m (strong, genitive Regiolektes or Regiolekts, plural Regiolekte)

  1. the supra-dialectal vernacular of a larger region, usually a blend of dialect and standard language
    Die ursprünglichen Dialekte werden zunehmend von Regiolekten ersetzt.
    The original dialects are increasingly replaced with regiolects.
  2. (less often) any regional dialect

Usage notes
  • The word is different from English regiolect, which seems to be used only in sense 2.

Declension
Declension of Regiolekt [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Regiolekt die Regiolekte
genitive eines des Regiolektes, Regiolekts der Regiolekte
dative einem dem Regiolekt, Regiolekte1 den Regiolekten
accusative einen den Regiolekt die Regiolekte

1Now rare, see notes.

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