13 things that are totally normal in Baden-Württemberg but confuse the rest of Germany
Created: 01/10/2023 12:29 p.m
By: Sina Alonso Garcia
Schwabe (right) meets northern lights.
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Anyone trying to gain a foothold in Swabia as an external person could sometimes suffer a culture shock.
Therefore: Uffbassa!
A compilation of the BW24 portal from Baden-Württemberg shows you what makes "The Länd" so unique.
1. Schwäbische Kehrwoche: Often ridiculed in other federal states, it is still a very serious topic in the state today.
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2. The Swabian “foot”: While the non-Swabian uses the “foot” to describe the tread on the lower leg, the Swabian means everything from the waist down!
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3. "I'm not buying anything, I'm just looking": who better to learn how to save from than the Swabians?
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4. "I don't scold, I globt enough": Enthusiasm has its limits somewhere!
Best compliment from a Swabian: "I'm fine."
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5. "The Länd": While the rest of Germany is still puzzling over the usefulness of "The (E-)Länd", Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann thinks: "The campaign is simply a hit overall."
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6. Spaetzle: In Swabia, not food, but a religion!
And on top of that: sauce, but not too little!
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7. "It's my house, it's my bulldog and Saturday's cheese spaetzle."
IberlegSCHs dir halt:" The appropriate placement of the "Schs" in the Swabian dialect needs to be learned.
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8. The one and only pretzel: Big, fluffy belly and thin, crispy arms - everything else is a cheap imitation of a "real pretzel"!
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9. Swabian articles can be quite confusing to the outside world.
To name just a few examples: "D'r (der) Butter, D'r (der) Schoklad", des (das) Teller".
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10. Vespers: It doesn't matter whether it's in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon or in the evening - Swabians simply love to "vespers".
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11. Instead of "hold," they say "lift," causing confusion.
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12. If they offer you a carpet when you stay overnight, accept it - because: Swabians mean a blanket.
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13. Nobody in Stuttgart has ever heard of an “Oktoberfest”.
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Why, surely!
And woe betide you say "the wasen".
Cheers!
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