How you tell someone the time and what you call pancakes depends on which side of Germany’s ‘dialect border’ you are on
Honeycomb shading shows current spread of dialect expressions; dots indicate where there has been a change since the 1970s
How you say 10.15
Quarter past 10
Quarter 11
Quarter from 10
Quarter over 10
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Word for pancake
Pfannkuchen
Pannekuchen
Eierkuchen
Plinse/der Plinz
Omelette
Omelett
Palatschinke
Palatschinken
Cripe
Word for a beef patty or meatball
Frikadelle
Fleischküchle
Fleischpflanzerl
Klops
Bulette
Klösschen/Kloss
Beefsteak
Hacktätschli
Hackplätzli
Hackloable
Fleischkrapferl
Fleischlaiberl
Faschiertes Laibchen
How you tell someone the time and what you call pancakes depends on which side of Germany’s ‘dialect border’ you are on
How you say 10.15
Quarter past 10
Quarter 11
Quarter from 10
Quarter over 10
Honeycomb shading shows current spread of dialect expressions; dots indicate where there has been a change since the 1970s
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Word for pancake
Word for a beef patty or meatball
Pfannkuchen
Pannekuchen
Eierkuchen
Frikadelle
Fleischküchle
Fleischpflanzerl
Plinse/der Plinz
Omelette
Omelett
Klops
Bulette
Klösschen/Kloss
Beefsteak
Palatschinke
Palatschinken
Cripe
Hacktätschli
Hackplätzli
Hackloable
Fleischkrapferl
Fleischlaiberl
Faschiertes Laibchen