#german dialect

Edgeworth spent about eleven years in Germany, and it is my headcanon that, as well as Standard German, he speaks at least one dialect as well, specifically the one local to where the von Karma estate is located. I haven’t decided where specifically that is, so if you have an opinion on where this should be and can tell me what the local dialect spoken there is, I’m all ears!

For his current place of residence in Saturation, he lives in Anwaltsstadt, a town I made up, but which is located an hour or two from Berlin by train, so I’m currently saying its local dialect is Low Saxon, specifically South Markish. If this doesn’t work with geography, please correct me. I try, I honestly do, but gods know I am truly terrible at geography, even with a map in front of me, and I’m not a linguist.

In case you have ever wondered what german might sound like outside of Bavaria:

du würdest ihn sehen -> du siachatstan

Disclaimer: These partially exist in a similar way in High German, but not in that exact meaning and can’t really be translated. There are also no official spelling rules for Bavarian. I’m using the most common and phonetic spelling.

flacken (verb) - to lay but a bit more lax, could be a person but also an object, usually used to relaxed laying but can also mean something’s laying around somewhere

griabig (adj) - a good time, fun

Batz (noun, m) - mud, but not watery mud as in Matsch, describes texture batzig (adj) - the adjective to Batz

(rum) gschaftln (verb) - to make a fuss, to show off Gschaftlhuawa (noun, m, insult) - a person who shows off or pretends to be important, kind of like the High German Wichtigtuer but a bit more extreme

Glump (noun, n) - something that doesn’t work, a useless object, something that breaks easily, something worthless (from High German: Gerümpel) So a Glump! (phrase) - What a piece of crap!

mei - exclamation of compassion or acceptance, can be used to express disappointment and joy or as expression of indifference (see the next phrase)

jo mei (phrase) - it can’t be helped, that’s just how it is

fesch (adj) - pretty, attractive (gender neutral), often said to someone wearing traditional clothes

granteln (verb) - to be in a bad mood, to be moody

bassd scho (phrase) - it’s okay, it’s alright (kind of exists in High German as passt schon but that’s just ... not the same)

Spezl (noun, m) - a good friend, someone you have known for a long time

you could say: “hoila”, “grias di” or “hoi” 

(dialect of Northern Hesse)

In Standard German: Geschimpft ist noch lange nicht geschlagen.

Was der Bauer nicht kennt, isst er nicht.

The farmer will not eat what he does not know.

(Meaning that people are often sceptical about innovations.)