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Frau Hilde spricht mit dem Bäcker Berliner Dialekt. Frau Hilde speaks Berlin dialect with the baker.

noun · B1

der Dialekt

[diaˈlɛkt]

dialect

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Synonyms
die Mundart

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Other Examples

  • Den bayerischen Dialekt verstehe ich kaum.

    I can hardly understand the Bavarian dialect.

  • Sprichst du zu Hause einen Dialekt?

    Do you speak a dialect at home?

  • In der Gegend von Kalles Großeltern hat jedes Dorf seinen eigenen Dialekt.

    Where Kalle's grandparents live, every village has its own dialect.

Grammar

Plural
die Dialekte In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? der Dialekt die Dialekte
Weißt du, ob „icke“ Umgangssprache oder schon ein Dialekt ist? Do you know whether "icke" is colloquial speech or already a dialect?
Accusative wen? was? den Dialekt die Dialekte
Sprichst du zu Hause einen Dialekt? Do you speak a dialect at home?
Dative wem? dem Dialekt den Dialekten
Genitive wessen? des Dialekts der Dialekte
Im Zug hört Otti gespannt dem Klang des bayerischen Dialekts zu. On the train Otti listens closely to the sound of the Bavarian dialect.

In Otti's situations: Otti and the German idioms, Otti and the dialects

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