Dialect comparison

Bairisch vs Berlinerisch

Compare two dialects of German side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Bairisch

Bavarian · Bavarian-Austrian

A large Upper German dialect group spoken across Bavaria and most of Austria, with distinctive vowel shifts and vocabulary far removed from Standard German.

Approximate centre
48.14°, 11.57°
Berlinerisch

Berlin German · Berlinisch

The urban dialect of Berlin and surrounding Brandenburg. Mixes Low German substrate with Standard German, famous for its dry humour and clipped delivery.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
52.52°, 13.40°

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