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minus-squareZyratoxx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 months agoYes, German dialects can vary greatly for example here’s the same sentence “I have an apple.” in different German dialects: Standard German: “Ich habe einen Apfel.” Northern German / Platt: “Ik hab en Appel.” Middle German / Saxonian: " 'sch’habm Abbl." ( 'sch is pronounced like sh) Southern German / Bavarian & Austrian: “I hob an Opfü.” (I is pronounced like the single letter E) The Southern Germans are the ones with the Schwarzenegger accent.
Yes, German dialects can vary greatly for example here’s the same sentence “I have an apple.” in different German dialects:
Standard German:
“Ich habe einen Apfel.”
Northern German / Platt:
“Ik hab en Appel.”
Middle German / Saxonian:
" 'sch’habm Abbl." ( 'sch is pronounced like sh)
Southern German / Bavarian & Austrian:
“I hob an Opfü.” (I is pronounced like the single letter E)
The Southern Germans are the ones with the Schwarzenegger accent.