Umgangssprache

== German == === Etymology === Umgang +‎ -s- +‎ Sprache === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊmɡaŋsˌʃpʁaːxə/ === Noun === Umgangssprache f (genitive Umgangssprache, plural Umgangssprachen) (linguistics) colloquial language, colloquialism (linguistics) vernacular, non-standard language ==== Usage notes ==== Though there are also relevant differences in pronunciation and vocabulary, German Umgangssprache is characterised especially by grammatical and syntactical features, such as: the limited use of the preterite or even (in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) its virtual absence; the absence of the subjunctive of the present (Konjunktiv I) and the rarity of the genitive case; the splitting of pronominal adverbs (especially in northern and central Germany) and the frequent elision of sentence-initial pronouns (both subject and object); the use of the definite article with personal names (except in the very north). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== umgangssprachlich ==== See also ==== Alltagssprache Gemeinsprache Hochsprache, Standardsprache Schriftsprache === Further reading === “Umgangssprache” in Duden online “Umgangssprache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache