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Rahel learns Plattdeutsch (Low German)
Plattdeutsch (Low German) is a language in its own right – with naturally many of its own dialects. Markus Jänen from Emsland teaches Rahel a few essential vocabulary words, including, for example, “Isenbahnbohmupendaledreiher.”
Dialects Hotline
Saxon, Kölsch, Swabian, Platt - there are many ways of speaking German. But what do these different dialects sound like? Who speaks them? And what’s so special about them? Rahel Klein asks those who know best because they speak a dialect themselves.