Aachen dialect

Spoken in

• Indo-European Germanic West Germanic high German Central German West Middle German Ripuarian Öcher Platt

As Öcher platform is called the dialect that was spoken in Aachen and is also still spoken among the long-established of Aachen. It is a variant of Ripuarian dialect group. Since the letters " ch" is different than the High German "sch" pronounced in Öcher Platt, the proper name is indeed written Öcher Platt, but Öscher Platt pronounced ( with a short ö ).

The Öcher Platt has a striking and derived from other German regions for people strange sounding tone of voice, which is often referred to as " singsong ".

Everyday meaning

Genuine Öcher Platt is hardly understandable for German -language and is spoken less and less in Aachen since the Second World War. It is a variant of Rhineland Regiolektes given way, which took over grammatical peculiarities and some words and phrases of Öcher Platt in part, but generally understandable and is closer to High German. It is striking that the Aachen expression of the Rhenish Regiolekts is perceived by outsiders as actual Öcher Platt, while the Aachen knows that he does not speak Öcher Platt and thinks he was talking high German.

The Öcher platform is used actually on a larger scale, especially in the carnival. Lively speeches, carnival songs, banners, etc. are held in Platt. Aachen carnival sessions and events are therefore sometimes difficult to follow for people from other parts of Germany.

Affinities

The Aachen Platt has much affinity with the dialects of the Netherlands lying adjacent province of Limburg, in particular the Vaalser Platt ( " Vólsj " ), Bocholtzer Platt ( " Bocheser " ) and the Kerkrader Platt ( " Kirchröadsj " ), as well as with Eupener dialect in the eastern German Belgium.

In the words rich functional similarities of Öcher platform with the Netherlands via Aachen to Stolberg Platt ( " Platt Schtollbärjer " ) and thus form a clear demarcation to the central Rhineland (Kölsch ). They also set themselves apart due to their vowels, consonants and striking forms in the plural and past tense of the dialects of southern Lower Rhine and of the Central Rhineland (Kölsch ).