Sathmar Swabian


Sathmar Swabian is an Upper Swabian dialect of High German spoken in Romania in Satu Mare by the Sathmar Swabians, who are among the few Danube Swabians who are in fact Swabian. Many speakers now live in Germany but some remain in Transylvania, Romania.

Sample words

Sathmar SwabianSwabian in GermanyStandard GermanEnglish
ii, eichI
dududuyou
mir, mrwirwe
deesdesdiesthis
daßdaßdassthat
wearwerwe
wa, waawaswhat
it neddnichtnot
allesällesalleseverything
vievielmany