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The differences weren't that great. German has a number of distinctive dialects (Bavarian, Saxonian, etc.), and with Saxony in the east, there have been histori
by more_original 11y ago
The differences weren't that great. German has a number of distinctive dialects (Bavarian, Saxonian, etc.), and with Saxony in the east, there have been historical differences anyway. The Saxonian dialect has sort of become synonymous with Eastern Germany, even though it's just one of the Eastern dialects. I can think of very few differences that existed due to the separation, mainly just a few brand names that became synonymous with a product in the East, but were not known in the West.
- amyjess 11y agoIsn't Standard German based on the Upper Saxon and Thüringian dialects anyway? I think that would mitigate a lot of the differences (e.g. the Saxons from the DDR would sound more "standard" than the Bavarians from the BRD).
- wink 11y agoSaxonian grammar seems to be pretty much 100% High German, whereas Bavarian has a lot of grammatical differences. So if you speak neither, both are probably unintelligible, but Bavarian also has different grammar to figure out.