Low Lusatian German (German: Niederlausitzer Deutsch) is a variant of Central German spoken in northern Saxony and southern Brandenburg.
Language
Some examples of the dialect:
| English
|
Standard German
|
Lower Lusatian German
|
| spelling
|
IPA
|
spelling
|
IPA
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| water
|
Wasser
|
[ˈvasɐ]
|
Wassa
|
[ˈvasa]
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| hammer
|
Hammer
|
[ˈhamɐ]
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Hamma
|
[ˈhama]
|
| sister
|
Schwester
|
[ˈʃvɛstɐ]
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Schwesta(r)
|
[ˈʃvɛsta]
|
| English
|
Standard German
|
Lower Lusatian German
|
| spelling
|
IPA
|
spelling
|
IPA
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| to rake
|
harken
|
[ˈhaʁkn̩]
|
haakn
|
[ˈhaːkn̩]
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| to work
|
arbeiten
|
[ˈaʁbaɪtn̩]
|
abeitn
|
[ˈabeːtn̩]
|
| to buy
|
kaufen
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[ˈkaʊfn̩]
|
kohfn
|
[ˈkoːfn̩]
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| as well
|
auch
|
[aʊx]
|
ooch
|
[oːx]
|
| on
|
auf
|
[aʊf]
|
ohf
|
[oːf]
|
| one
|
ein (m.)
eine (f.)
eines (n.)
|
[aɪn]
[ˈaɪnə]
[ˈaɪnəs]
|
een
eene
eens
|
[eːn]
[ˈeːnə]
[eːns]
|
| small
|
kleine
|
[ˈklaɪnə]
|
Kleene
|
[ˈkleːnə]
|
| English
|
Standard German
|
Lower Lusatian German
|
| spelling
|
IPA
|
spelling
|
IPA
|
| table
|
Tisch
|
[tɪʃ]
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Tüsch
|
[tʏʃ]
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| church
|
Kirche
|
[ˈkɪʁçə]
|
Kürche
|
[ˈkʏa̯çə]
(in smaller villages the word Kerke is used.)
|
| cherry
|
Kirsche
|
[ˈkɪʁʃə]
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Kürsche
|
[ˈkʏa̯ʃə]
|
| English
|
Standard German
|
Lower Lusatian German
|
| spelling
|
IPA
|
spelling
|
IPA
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| it was switched off
|
es wurde abgeschaltet
|
[ɛs ˈvʊʁdə ˈapɡəʃaltət]
|
es wurde abgeschalten
|
[ɛs vua̯də ˈapɡəʃaltn̩]
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