{"id":11407,"date":"2020-01-27T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11407"},"modified":"2020-01-23T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:32:11","slug":"austrian-and-swiss-german-words-of-the-year-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/austrian-and-swiss-german-words-of-the-year-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian and Swiss-German Words of the Year 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! We have previously looked at Germany\u2019s Wort des Jahres<\/strong> (Word of the Year) and its Unwort des Jahres<\/strong> (Non-word of the Year) 2019 in this post<\/a>, this one (runners up)<\/a> and this one<\/a>. But what about other, German-speaking countries? Do they also have \u2018words of the year\u2019 in Austria and German-speaking Switzerland?<\/p>\n

The answer is yes.<\/p>\n

Wort des Jahres: die Schweiz<\/h3>\n
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The Swiss Wort des Jahres<\/strong> is chosen each year by the department of applied linguistics at Universit\u00e4t Z\u00fcrich<\/strong> (Zurich University). Like the German one, the word is chosen based on its relevance in the country throughout the year (not how often it\u2019s been used, for example). The Swiss Wort des Jahres<\/strong> is die Klimajugend<\/strong>, which translates to \u2018climate youth\u2019 (das Klima<\/strong> \u2013 climate; die Jugend<\/strong> \u2013 youth). This word references the young people who have campaigned about climate change over the past year. It ties in nicely with the German Unwort des Jahres<\/strong> this year, die Klimahysterie!<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Wort des Jahres: \u00d6sterreich<\/h3>\n
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The Austrian Wort des Jahres<\/strong> is selected by the Society for Austrian German (GS\u00d6D \u2013 Gesellschaft f\u00fcr \u00d6sterreichisches Deutsch<\/strong>). This year, the word is a strange one: Ibiza.<\/strong> There was a big Skandal<\/strong> (scandal) in Austria involving former Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache. Just a few days before EU elections, hidden camera footage showed Strache offering information in return for campaign help from a fake Russian backer. The video was filmed in a villa in Ibiza, and so the whole thing came to be known as the Ibiza-Aff\u00e4re<\/strong> (Ibiza Affair).<\/p>\n

The phrase b\u2019soffene G\u2019schicht<\/strong> is the Unwort des Jahres<\/strong> (Non-word of the Year). It means \u2018a drunken story\u2019 and is how Strache referred to the filmed evening in Ibiza later on.<\/p>\n

The phrase b\u2019soffene G\u2019schicht<\/strong> is not standard German, but Austrian dialect, which often misses out letters. The full phrase would be: (eine) besoffene Geschichte.<\/strong> The word besoffen<\/strong> is often used in Austrian (and Bavarian) dialect instead of betrunken<\/strong>, the German word for drunk<\/em>. It is the equivalent to the English ‘pissed’\/’smashed’<\/em> etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Guten Tag! We have previously looked at Germany\u2019s Wort des Jahres (Word of the Year) and its Unwort des Jahres (Non-word of the Year) 2019 in this post, this one (runners up) and this one. But what about other, German-speaking countries? Do they also have \u2018words of the year\u2019 in Austria and German-speaking Switzerland? The…<\/p>\n

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