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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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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..

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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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A Dirndlkoalition is a political coalition of three parties. The colours of the parties are similar to common Dirndl colours: the conservative ÖVP (turquoise), the Greens (green) and the liberal NEOs (pink). In Germany, it is called a Jamaica coalition. There was a Dirndl-Koalition in the Salzburg province until A..

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A pickerl is a sticker. In the last few years, the most common use of this is found in articles about the Parkpickerl, the parking permit in Vienna. The scheme has now been extended to all of the districts in Vienna. “Nahaufnahme des Parkpickerl für Wiener” by Ivan Radic is licensed under ..

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