Hochdeutsch (standard German) is what's taught in schools, and what you hear on mainstream TV. But a huge variety of dialects are ...

Often looked down upon as "pidgin German," dialects are an important part of cultural memory and diversity. Researchers say the ...

The Bavarian dialect is Germany’s best-loved accent, according to a new poll from monthly magazine Daheim in Deutschland.

Dialects enrich the German language. They create sense of belonging and show regional diversity. In this episode, we talk to ...

Large language models such as GPT-5 and Llama systematically rate speakers of German dialects less favorably than those using ...

Swiss German often sounds completely different between Zurich, Valais and Schaffhausen — and yet it connects many people in ...

How well do language models understand Meenzerisch, the dialect spoken in the German city of Mainz? A research team led by ...

In the early 1990s, budding and established linguists flocked to the corner pubs and slums of some cities. There they interviewed ...

German is the standard language that is used above all in Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland. But how did German come to ...