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Umgangssprache: colloquial language — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

DictionaryUmgangssprache

Quality-approved learning entrynounLevel B2

Umgangssprache

colloquial language

informal language used in everyday conversation rather than in formal or highly standardized contexts

IPA/ˈʊmɡaŋsˌʃpʁaːxə/

Primary stress is on Um, with secondary stress on spra.

Meaning 1neutral · 92%

informal language used in everyday conversation rather than in formal or highly standardized contexts

Im Kurs lernen wir auch typische Ausdrücke der Umgangssprache.

In einem offiziellen Brief sollte man zu viel Umgangssprache vermeiden.

Die Serie verwendet viel Umgangssprache und wirkt dadurch authentisch.

Umgangssprache is not the same as dialect. Colloquial expressions can belong to standard German while still being informal.

Colloquial language describes an informal register; a dialect is a regional or social variety with broader structural features.

Choose one answer.

Which term best describes informal everyday German?

The singular usually refers to colloquial language as a general register; the plural can refer to different colloquial varieties or languages.