German

Noun

Dialekt m ‎(genitive Dialekts or Dialektes, plural Dialekte)

1. dialect, regiolect

Usage notes

• The linguistic term Dialekt in the context of the German language refers to the traditional regional dialects, which have developed natively from the early Middle Ages into modern times (going back to Old High German, Old Low Franconian, and Old Saxon). The Dialekte are now gradually coming out of use in most areas and have effectively died out in some (certain parts of northern Germany and, for obvious reasons, the former Ostgebiete).
• Varieties of standard German or modern colloquial German are not commonly called Dialekte. Moreover, the word is not commonly used for non-regional varieties of language such as Soziolekte (“sociolects”). This is often in contrast to the terminology of Anglophone, particularly American, linguistics.

Declension

Synonyms

• Mundart
• Platt (regional)

Hyponyms

• Platt = Plattdeutsch

Albanian

Noun

dialekt m (indefinite plural dialekte, definite singular dialekti, definite plural dialektet)

1. dialect

Declension

Czech

Noun

dialekt m

1. dialect

Synonyms

• nářečí

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος ‎(diálektos), from διαλέγομαι ‎(dialégomai, “I discuss”), from διά ‎(diá, “through”) and λέγω ‎(légō, “I speak”).

Noun

dialekt c (singular definite dialekten, plural indefinite dialekter)

1. dialect

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek "dialektos"

Noun

dialekt m ‎(definite singular dialekten, indefinite plural dialekter, definite plural dialektene)

1. a dialect

References

• “dialekt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek "dialektos"

Noun

dialekt m ‎(definite singular dialekten, indefinite plural dialektar, definite plural dialektane)

dialekt f ‎(definite singular dialekta, indefinite plural dialekter, definite plural dialektene)

1. a dialect

Synonyms

• målføre

References

• “dialekt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

dialekt m inan

1. dialect

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

dia- +‎ -lekt

Pronunciation

Noun

dialekt c

1. a dialect

Declension

Related terms

• dialektal
• dialektisk