Bühnendeutsch

German stage is a uniform pronunciation scheme for the German literary language in the theater business in the German speaking, the established in the 19th century. According screen is the " language of the stage ... be a noble and therefore very pure spoken language. Under no circumstances but the care of the debate may interfere with the vitality of expression ... ".

The NHG had initially developed from the 15th century as a pure literary language, which mediated between the regional dialects. The German spoken against it remained until the 19th century, the respective dialect.

As in 1800 won the German -language theater to claim and charisma, resulted in the need for a uniform pronunciation for the stage performances.

1898 was codified in Berlin at a conference of German literature and theater directors. In the same year the standard work appeared German stage pronunciation of the German Breslauer Professor Theodor screen.

The German stage was based on the sound values ​​of the written language and won great reputation in the 19th century as " high German ". More specifically, it is essentially a " North German " pronunciation of the originally orienting to " South German " pronunciation habits High German written language. One example is the default, the suffix " -ig " is basically the same as " I " speak, but what room acoustic reasons were put forward and not a special " correctness ". Nevertheless, the pronunciation " I " in Germany, but not in Austria and Switzerland, as established " correct". Another element of German stage is the "rolling R" ( tongue tips -R ).