Mundart

German

Etymology

Mund (“mouth”) +‎ Art (“nature, character”), already used by Justus-Georgius Schottelius or Justus Georg Schottel in his grammars (1641, 1663) and by Philippus Caesius (1641). Cognate to Dutch mondaard and Low German Mundort, Mundaart, Mundart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊntˌʔaːɐ̯t/

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Noun

Mundart f (genitive Mundart, plural Mundarten)

1. dialect, idiom, patois, vernacular

Declension

Declension of Mundart

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mundart	die	Mundarten
genitive	einer	der	Mundart	der	Mundarten
dative	einer	der	Mundart	den	Mundarten
accusative	eine	die	Mundart	die	Mundarten

Synonyms

• Dialekt
• Platt (colloquially)

Hyponyms

• (High German dialects): Alemannisch, Bairisch, Fränkisch, Luxemburgisch, Ripuarisch, Schlesisch, Schwäbisch

Derived terms

• Ma.
• Mundartdichter
• Mundartdichtung
• Mundartengruppe
• Mundartforscher
• Mundartgemeinschaft
• Mundartgruppe
• mundartlich
• Mundartliteratur
• Ortsmundart
• Volksmundart

Further reading

• Mundart in Duden online