English→Austrian German

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Austrian German with its own greetings, food vocabulary, and gentler register.

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474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

Hello! A tomato salad, please.

Servus! Einen Paradeisersalat, bitte.

“Servus” and “Paradeiser” (tomato) are Austrian; “Tomate” is the German German word.

January was cold this year.

Der Jänner war heuer kalt.

“Jänner” and “heuer” are everyday Austrian; Germany says “Januar” and “dieses Jahr”.

Can I pay by card?

Kann ich mit der Bankomatkarte zahlen?

Bankomatkarte is the Austrian term for a debit card and clearly signals de-AT usage.

Which tram should I take to the city centre?

Welche Bim muss ich in die Innenstadt nehmen?

Bim is the everyday Austrian word for a tram, especially common in Vienna and eastern Austria.

I’d like an apricot dumpling.

Ich hätt gern einen Marillenknödel.

Marille means apricot in Austria, while Marillenknödel is the local name for this dessert.

Mum is coming over on Sunday.

Die Mama kommt am Sonntag auf Besuch.

Auf Besuch kommen is a characteristically Austrian construction meaning to come over for a visit.

I’m at work today.

Ich bin heut in der Hackn.

Hackn is an informal Austrian dialect word for work, giving the sentence a distinctly local flavour.

Shall we go for a coffee tomorrow?

Gemma morgen auf an Kaffee?

Gemma is the Austrian colloquial contraction of Gehen wir, and auf an Kaffee is a local casual way to suggest coffee.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Austrian German differs

Austrian German. Jänner for January, Erdäpfel, Sackerl, Semmel, Marille; greetings Servus/Grüß Gott; Matura not Abitur; slightly more formal-courteous flavour than Germany.

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