Archives : February-2024

For those learning German who live in Austria, these are the first Austrian German words that are encountered. These are the types of words that are well-documented online with lots of resources. So I don’t have much to add here for those. Here’s one listicle from Babbel: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/austrian-german-words I agree that the words on this ..

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One great article about bureaucratic language in Austria can be found here, with a few examples on the third page of the PDF: https://www.dioe.at/fileadmin/user_upload/presse/_Die_Republik_04_2021_Beamtensprache_final.pdf Language in use: one of these examples is Ruhegenuss, meaning pension, and you can see this in use in the title on this page: https://www.bvaeb.at/cdscontent/?contentid=10007.839434&portal=bvaebbportal&portalTargetGroup=esv_content_sibling_a And there’s a great presentation about ..

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