{"id":2970,"date":"2021-04-14T06:48:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/the-illustrated-a-z-of-berlinerisch-a-uberlinuberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:48:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:48:33","slug":"the-illustrated-a-z-of-berlinerisch-a-uberlinuberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/the-illustrated-a-z-of-berlinerisch-a-uberlinuberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Illustrated A-Z of Berlinerisch: A : uberlinuberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Illustrated A-Z of Berlinerisch: A<\/h3>\n

by James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\"Berlinerisch<\/p>\n

Abgebrochener<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0small person.\u00a0
abjebroch\u2019n<\/strong>\u00a0(abgebrochen<\/em>)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0small, short<\/h1>\n

A also stands for:<\/p>\n

-a<\/strong>\u00a0– instead of -er, as in\u00a0Wassa<\/em> (Wasser<\/em> – water)<\/p>\n

abjehalftat<\/strong>\u00a0(abgehalftert<\/em>)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0seedy<\/p>\n

abnippelt<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0dead, killed<\/p>\n

Asbach Uralt<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0very old<\/p>\n

Alex<\/strong> \u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0Alexanderplatz<\/p>\n

Atze<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 big brother<\/p>\n

ausklam\u00fcsan <\/strong>(ausklam\u00fcsern<\/em>)\u00a0\u2013 <\/strong>to find out how things work<\/p>\n

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The Illustrated A-Z of Berlinerisch<\/strong>\u00a0is a guide to the particular brand of German spoken in the country’s capital. One of our native Berliner helper elves describes the dialect as <\/em><\/p>\n

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a direct language with Herz und Schnauze\u00a0(heart and snout). A Berliner always can make fun of others and him\/herself, says everything as if he or she is a little drunk, and shortens words – because time is money, and after a hard working day you don’t want to spend a lot of energy speaking “properly”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you want to learn more about the German spoken by the rest of the country, check out our illustrated Daily Deutsch Doodles<\/a> and follow the hashtag #dailydeutsch<\/a> on Twitter.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Berliners!<\/strong>\u00a0Have we got anything wrong, or missed out anything important? Let us know in the comments below, or tweet your suggestions to\u00a0@uberlinblog<\/a>. Many thanks to everyone who’s helped us so far, especially @Inzuam<\/a>,\u00a0@MarcoHafke<\/a>, @RobZan11<\/a>, Yoram Roth<\/a> and\u00a0@WeAreBerliners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Illustrators!\u00a0<\/strong>Want to help us prettify the A-Z of Berlinerisch? Drop us a note at email (at) uberlin (dot) eu, and we’ll let you know how you can get involved!<\/p>\n