Austrian German. Some historical and present Aspects of the spoken and written German standard language in Austria

Abstract

The Austrian German is a variety of the spoken and written German standard language in Austria. It differs from the German variety used in the middle and northern parts of Germany in phonetics, morphology, syntax and especially in words and their meaning.

Neither the amount of about 4 000 special expressions nor the accent allows a classification as a language of its own.

Keywords

• status of Austrian German
• German vocabulary
• sociolinguistics