Sankt Goar line

The dat- the - line (also: wat -what- line ) is a isogloss between German dialects, which runs through the entire German -speaking area. North of the line is considered dat, south of the line das. Within the West Central German language area it forms in the Rhenish fan the border between the two Franconian dialects Moselle Franconian ( dat) and Rhine Franconian ( this). Other designations are as follows Sankt Goar - line and Hunsrück barrier.

Course

The dat- the - line crossed by the German - French language border fro from France ( Lorraine) coming first, the Saarland. Within the Saarland she runs north of Saarbrücken ( Völklingen ) from southwest to northeast to the middle Near in Rhineland -Palatinate, from there across the Hunsrück (hence Hunsrück- barrier) and reached the Rhine at Sankt Goar (hence St. Goar - line). Right of Rhine leads to the northeast of the Rhineland- Palatine- Hessian border along over Limburg an der Lahn and Dillenburg, until it unites in North Rhine-Westphalia with Benrather line (Eifel barrier). The line runs from there in a northeasterly direction and reached near Frankfurt (Oder), the Oder and the German -Polish language border.

Historical contexts

The dat- the - line can usually be determined accurately village by village in southwest Germany. However, the language border blurred with the increasing mobility of the population.