German Dialects

Berlinerisch

Berlin dialect

1. The Berlin dialect is spoken in Berlin and its suburbs.

Hessisch

Hessian dialect

1. The Hessian dialect is spoken in the area of Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden.

Oberfränkisch

Upper Franconian

1. Upper Franconian is spoken in Kronach, Kulmbach, Hof and Bayreuth.

Bayrisch

Bavarian

1. The Bavarian dialect is spoken in Southern Germany, in the area around Munich and also in some parts of Austria.

Schwäbisch

Swabian

1. Swabian dialect is spoken in the south west of Germany, a region called Swabia around Stuttgart.

Sächsisch

Saxon

1. Saxon dialect is spoken in the east of Germany, in a region called Saxony, including Dresden and Leipzig for example.

Plattdeutsch

Low German

1. Low German is mainly spoken in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands.