Umgangssprache
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German[edit]
Examples |
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Eva nahm das Auto des Nachbarn und fuhr eine ganze Stunde damit herum. (Standard German proper) |
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Umgangssprache f (genitive Umgangssprache, plural Umgangssprachen)
Usage notes[edit]
- Though there are also relevant differences in pronunciation and vocabulary, German Umgangssprache is characterised especially by grammatical and syntactical features, such as:
- the limited use of the preterite or even (in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) its virtual absence;
- the absence of the subjunctive of the present (Konjunktiv I) and the rarity of the genitive case;
- the splitting of pronominal adverbs (especially in northern and central Germany) and the frequent elision of sentence-initial pronouns (both subject and object);
- the use of the definite article with personal names (except in the very north).
Declension[edit]
Declension of Umgangssprache [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Umgangssprache | die | Umgangssprachen |
genitive | einer | der | Umgangssprache | der | Umgangssprachen |
dative | einer | der | Umgangssprache | den | Umgangssprachen |
accusative | eine | die | Umgangssprache | die | Umgangssprachen |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Umgangssprache” in Duden online
- “Umgangssprache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache