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You're right, in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria (?) it is still widely used in everyday life. It's interesting how northern dialects "choose" zwei wh
by nihzm 3y ago
You're right, in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria (?) it is still widely used in everyday life. It's interesting how northern dialects "choose" zwei while the southern ones preferred zwo. Also, IIRC in some regions the (few) elderly still use all three with their original grammatical rules.
- lxgr 3y agoIt's definitely not common in Austria, and I also haven't heard it in Germany (outside of a "clarity of communications" context on the phone). Bavarian (which is close to many Austrian German variants) would use "zwoa", which sounds quite different too.
- fnordian_slip 3y agoIn Franconia, we use "zwo", "zwä" and "zwei", but it might just be very local to the small towns in my area.
- xen0 3y agoAs a non-native speaker, I've used it a couple of times at a bakery to make sure I don't get too much of what I'm asking for. Doesn't help when I _do_ want three of something though...