| A question that is often asked is ‘why do some | | | | Sounds like Dutch. High German is prettier and sounds |
| courses teach ‘different’ German phrases, then | | | | more Bavarian and of course they made the changes |
| other. The simplest answer for this is that German is | | | | along the way. The dialects are spoken in different |
| spoken in many different countries such Austria, | | | | geographic areas (low mostly Northern coastal) and |
| Germany, Switzerland etc and therefore has many | | | | interestingly, speakers of each language may not |
| different dialects. Sometimes theses can just be | | | | understand the other at all. High German is also found |
| differences in pronunciation, or different saying and | | | | in France. Neither are considered standard German |
| words. You should not pay to much attention to | | | | If you are planning of learning German, DO NOT learns |
| theses variation when starting out, as this will just | | | | Low or High German phrases as they are both ‘old |
| confuse and frustrate you. | | | | German’ (think Shakespeare English). Make sure |
| I recommend get a standard German course, and | | | | that you focus on and learning standard German |
| learning the basic phrases that will be the same for | | | | phrases, and you will be well on your way to learning |
| most regions, and then build on your chosen dialect | | | | German phrases, that are understood everywhere. |
| from there. | | | | For correct German language videos and learn |
| There also seems to be a lot of confusion about | | | | German phrases, check out my German blog, in my |
| whether to learn high or low German phrases. Below | | | | bio. Click the link and start enjoying the lovely German |
| you will find a definition for both, and neither should be | | | | langauge today. |
| leant if you want to speak standard German. | | | | Good luck and I hope you are enjoying the wonderful |
| Low German is an older version. There was a vowel | | | | German language. |
| change in 7th/8th century and they did not include it. | | | | |