A Tschick is a cigarette. Language in use I recently heard this funny song from 2010 while watching a programme on Au..
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Readers who are fluent in German can take a look at this article about Austrian legal language, available at: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiD56nYidGDAxUdYEEAHfQYATEQFnoECBkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Frebus.us.edu.pl%2Fbitstream%2F20.500.12128%2F12611%2F1%2FPaluszek_Die_Besonderheiten_der_Osterreichischen.pdf&usg=AOvVaw011xBY2_OH7G-eGhI5qSE2&opi=89978449 One example is that Konsument is used in Austria where Verbraucher is ofen used in standa..
2. I also found parts of this blog article from a translation company helpful – I liked the collocation (word combination) section and the bank holiday summary: https://www.teamajt.com/localising-into-german-heres-why-you-shouldnt-forget-about-austria/ 3. And there’s a list of general resources for Austrian German on this page: http://joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/dialects/obo..
Pfusch is a great example of “false friend” if you compare the meaning in Austrian and standard German. In Austria, it means illicit work and in Germany it means poor-quality work. How often is it used? In terms of frequency, I used to receive Wiener Wirtschaft, a weekly business newspaper published by the Austrian Chamber ..
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