Sathmar Swabian

Sathmar Swabian is an Upper Swabian dialect of High German spoken in Romania in Satu Mare by the Sathmar Swabians,[1] who are among the few Danube Swabians who are in fact Swabian. Many speakers now live in Germany but some remain in Transylvania, Romania.

Sample words

Sathmar Swabian[2]Swabian in GermanyStandard GermanEnglish
ii, eichI
dududuyou (singular)
mir, mrwirwe
deesdesdiesthis
daßdaßdassthat (conjunction)
wearwerwe
wa, waawaswhat
it (itt, itte)neddnichtnot
allesällesalleseverything (all)
vievielmany
gollark: ++experimental_qa DNS It is like bee.
gollark: Fascinating!
gollark: ++experimental_qa Heptagon How many sides?
gollark: Interesting.
gollark: ++experimental_qa Bees Antarctica?

References

  1. Helmut Berner, Die Mundart der Sathmarer Schwaben nebst einigen ihrer Besonderheiten Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. words from: Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)


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