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German

vr.tr.german · INF.MED

Let an agent handle German by varieties, standards, identifiers, learning and translation, respecting national standard varieties and dialects.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle German by varieties, standards, identifiers, learning and translation, respecting national standard varieties and dialects.

A West Germanic language spoken natively by roughly 95-100 million people, official in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Belgium, with Standard German varieties and many regional dialects; its speakers call it Deutsch.

What it is for: Communication, culture, science, education and business.

It can be identify national and regional varieties; check spelling rules and dictionaries; find learning resources and exams; translate with regional sensitivity.

Distinguishing features

West Germanic language

Pluricentric standards

Grammatical cases and genders

Wide dialect variation

What it looks like

Latin script with umlauts and the letter eszett, and capitalised nouns.

How it is recognised

Umlauts and eszett

Capitalised nouns

Dutch and Yiddish are related separate languages

Related models

is a kind of - category

West Germanic language

is regulated by - body

Council for German Orthography

is related to - related language

Dutch

is written in - script

Latin script

In practice

Families and kinds

German Standard German

Austrian Standard German

Swiss Standard German

Low German and other regional varieties

German in diaspora communities

Identifiers

ISO 639-1 de language code

ISO 639-3 deu language code

Standards and regulation

Council for German Orthography rules

Goethe-Institut and TestDaF exams

National language provisions

Failure modes and hazards

Treating German Standard German as the only norm

Mixing formal and informal address

Outdated spelling rules

Also called

German language in the United StatesGerman language in AustraliaGerman language in CameroonGerman language in TogoGerman language in NamibiaGerman language in SwitzerlandGerman language in GermanyGerman language in the NetherlandsGerman language in BrazilGerman language in DenmarkGerman language in ChileGerman language in AustriaGerman language in the Czech RepublicGerman language in ParaguayGerman language in FranceGerman language in RussiaGerman language in Romaniadialects in Rhineland-Palatinatedialects in Saxony-Anhaltdialects in North Rhine-Westphaliadialects in Bavariadialects in AustriaOld High GermanGerman-based creole languagesLegal GermanSilesian accentsBelgian GermanSouth Tyrolean GermanSwiss Standard GermanRuhrdeutschHamburger DialectBaltic GermanMannheim GermanEupen dialectPrague GermanRhinelandicdialect of GermanTransylvanian SaxonAustrian GermanBarossa German

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Varieties Regional forms.

German is pluricentric.

Variety

Which variety.

Variety

National variety.

  1. Which national or regional variety is meant or appropriate? boundary
  2. How does vocabulary differ, for example in Austria or Switzerland? definition

Dialect

Dialects.

Dialect

Dialects.

  1. Which dialect is spoken here? provenance
  2. Is it mutually intelligible with Standard German? boundary
Norms Standards.

Norms guide writing.

Spelling

Orthography.

Spelling

Spelling.

  1. What does current official spelling say about this word? provenance
  2. Is eszett used in Switzerland? provenance

Address

Du and Sie.

Address

Forms of address.

  1. Should formal Sie or informal du be used in this context? boundary
  2. How are gender-inclusive forms handled, according to style guides? provenance
Learning Studying German.

Learners need resources.

Resources

Courses.

Resources

Learning resources.

  1. Which resources suit this learner level? action
  2. How are cases best practised? action

Exams

Certificates.

Exams

Exams.

  1. Which certificates, such as Goethe-Zertifikat or TestDaF, fit this goal? provenance
  2. Where can they be taken? provenance
Use Translation and data.

Use needs care.

Translation

Localisation.

Translation

Translation.

  1. Should the translation target Germany, Austria or Switzerland? boundary
  2. Which terms differ? definition

Speakers

Statistics.

Speakers

Speaker numbers.

  1. How many speakers are there, according to recent sources? provenance
  2. Native or total? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should varieties be separate entries?
  • How should speaker statistics be sourced?
  • How should German in specific countries be linked?
Draft as JSON