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Definition 2024
Regiolekt
Regiolekt
German
Noun
Regiolekt m (genitive Regiolekts or Regiolektes, plural Regiolekte)
- the supra-dialectal vernacular of a larger region (often a blend of dialect and standard language)
- Die ursprünglichen Dialekte werden zunehmend von Regiolekten ersetzt.
- The original dialects are increasingly replaced with regiolects.
- Die ursprünglichen Dialekte werden zunehmend von Regiolekten ersetzt.
- (less often) any regional dialect
Usage notes
The word is different from English regiolect, which seems to be used only in sense 2.