{"id":13611,"date":"2021-12-15T13:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=13611"},"modified":"2021-12-14T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:15:18","slug":"austrian-word-of-the-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/austrian-word-of-the-year-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Word Of The Year 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! It’s coming to that time of year when each country reveals its Wort des Jahres<\/strong> – its ‘Word of the Year’!<\/p>\n

What is the Word of the Year?<\/h2>\n

The Wort des Jahres<\/strong> is voted in each year by a jury (die Jury<\/em><\/strong>), usually made up of linguists (der Sprachwissenschaftler<\/em><\/strong>: linguist) and people from the media (die Medien<\/em><\/strong>). It is related to a prominent topic in the country during the year, and is usually interesting from a linguistic perspective, too. An important thing to note is that the Word of the Year has nothing to do with how\u00a0often<\/em> the word has been used, but is more about the word\u2019s significance. What\u2019s great about learning the Word of the Year from German-speaking countries is that it gives us an insight into those countries’ current events, politics and culture, whilst teaching us some quirks of the language.<\/p>\n

Today’s post will focus on the Wort des Jahres<\/em>\u00a0from \u00d6sterreich<\/strong> – Austria.<\/p>\n

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Vienna Rathaus (town hall) in winter. Photo by Krzysztof Kowalik<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

We normally focus on the German Word of the Year here on this blog, so if you are wondering why \u00d6sterreich <\/strong>has its own Wort des Jahres, <\/strong>here is an explanation from the official website.<\/a> See how much of it you can understand before reading the translation below it!<\/p>\n

“Warum ein eigenes oewort?<\/strong>
\nAufgrund unterschiedlicher politischer Verh\u00e4ltnisse und Themen, die das Geschehen im Land bestimmen und pr\u00e4gen, kann ein einziges Wort des Jahres f\u00fcr den gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum nicht aussagekr\u00e4ftig sein.<\/strong>
\nAus diesem Grund wird in \u00d6sterreich seit 1999 initiiert von Rudolf Muhr ein eigenes \u00f6sterreichisches Wort des Jahres gew\u00e4hlt. Auch die Schweiz, S\u00fcdtirol und Liechtenstein w\u00e4hlen seit 2002 bzw. 2006 ein eigenes Wort des Jahres.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Why is there a separate, Austrian word? (The ‘oe’ in ‘oewort’ stands for \u00d6sterreich)
\n<\/strong><\/em>Due to the different political conditions and topics that determine and shape the state of the country, it would not be sufficient to have one, singular Word of the Year to account for every German-speaking region.<\/em>
\nThat’s why Austria has been voting in its own, Austrian Word of the Year since 1999 (initiated by Rudolf Muhr). Switzerland, South Tirol and Liechtenstein have been voting in their own Word of the Year since 2002\/2006 respectively, too.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Vienna U-Bahn (underground). Photo by Samuel-Elias Nadler<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Wort des Jahres 2021 in \u00d6sterreich<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Wort des Jahres 2021 in Austria is “Schattenkanzler”<\/strong>, which is the German word for ‘shadow chancellor’.<\/strong> This relates to politician Sebastian Kurz ; it’s an ironic expression that the public, news outlets and other politicians gave him this year after he stepped down from his role as Federal Chancellor. Political words tend to feature a lot in the Wort des Jahres<\/em> lists, so even though the word \u201cSchattenkanzler\u201d itself isn\u2019t anything special, the word gives an insight into one of the big, political stories of the country that year!<\/p>\n

In contrast, the runner-up this year is barely even a word: \u201c3G\u201d.<\/strong> This stands for \u201cgenesen, geimpft, getestet\u201d<\/strong> and is the name of the regulation put in place this year in Austria, Germany, and other European countries, to control who can enter public spaces in the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic. \u201cGenesen, geimpft, getestet\u201d<\/strong> means \u201cRecovered, vaccinated, tested\u201d.<\/strong> It means that, wherever the \u201c3G\u201d rule is in place, people have to show proof of either a negative Coronavirus test result; full vaccination; or of recovery from a Coronavirus infection, in order to enter.<\/p>\n

I think you\u2019ll agree that these are two very different, but very interesting W\u00f6rter des Jahres<\/em><\/strong> (Words of the Year) from Austria this year!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned as we unveil more Words of the Year over the coming weeks!<\/p>\n

Bis bald (see you soon)!<\/em>
\nConstanze<\/em><\/p>\n

PS. If you liked this post, you might like this one:\u00a0Austrian and Swiss-German Words of the Year 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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Austrian Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market). Photo by Alisa Anton<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"word

Guten Tag! It’s coming to that time of year when each country reveals its Wort des Jahres – its ‘Word of the Year’! What is the Word of the Year? The Wort des Jahres is voted in each year by a jury (die Jury), usually made up of linguists (der Sprachwissenschaftler: linguist) and people from…<\/p>\n

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