Franconian Word of the Month - English Post Franconia

Franconian Word of the Month

Franconians have their own, very special dialect. Some words are difficult for other German nationals to understand and your everyday translation app won’t help one bit. So here you can find a selection of some of the more commonly used words and phrases used in the Franconian region.

Cats legs

Franconian Word of the Month

Katzabaa

Maybe the leg of the cat was a delicacy not to be missed ...

Enough is enough

Franconian Word of the Month

Es reicht langsam

While maybe not a very fierce battle cry to start with, those words ...

Zwedschgamännla

Franconian Word of the Month

Zwedschgamännla

They are, as the name hints, little men (and women!) made from prunes, ...

Schäufele

Franconian Word of the Month

Schäufele

German food is not a delicate matter of well-placed greens with a teeny ...

Franconian Word of the Month

Hau nei

By now, it should be an established opinion that Franconians are weird.

3 in Weggla

Franconian Word of the Month

Weggla

Now, there is no one Weggla. They can contain, or have all sorts ...

Stammtisch

Franconian Word of the Month

Schdammdisch

These tables are indeed special. The tables for serious customers, not the riffraff ...

Sausage

Franconian Word of the Month

Franconian Word of the Month – fei worschd

Fei worschd /faɪ vɒrʃd/ Hochdeutsch: ist egal / kommt nicht drauf an, wörtlich: ...

Blätzla

Franconian Word of the Month

Franconia Word of the Month – Etzadla

Etzadla /æ – tzʌd – lʌ / Hochdeutsch: Jetzt English: right now / ...

Weisswurst

Franconian Word of the Month

Franconian Word of the Month – Weißwurschdäquador

While, of course, it is not an official border, it rather symbolizes the ...

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