Polyglot Dictionary

Dialekt

/diaˈlɛkt/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Dialekte

Meaning

  1. dialect

    • In Bayern spricht man einen anderen Dialekt.

      In Bavaria they speak a different dialect.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Sprache

A Dialekt is a regional variant of a single Sprache — Bavarian is a Dialekt of German, not a separate Sprache. Where exactly a dialect ends and a language begins is famously political as much as linguistic.

Similar in other languages

French

dialecte

dialecte is the French word for the same thing — both mean "dialect."

Portuguese

dialeto

dialeto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "dialect."

Practice

1 What does Dialekt mean?

2 Fill the gap: In Bayern spricht man einen anderen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Dialekt?

noun

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