German in the World Quiztest Answers
1 German is spoken in only a few parts of the World False!
2 The 3 countries where German is spoken every day are:
a. Germany b. Austria c. Switzerland
3 A local language (perhaps slang) is called a dialect
4 People in the North of Germany may not understand people from the South. True!
5 Plattdeutsch is a dialect spoken in North Germany (lit. Flat (land) German)
6 Bayerisch is Bavarian, one of the dialects spoken in South Germany (Bavaria)
7 Standard German (taught in schools) is called Hochdeutsch
8 This form of the language was the language used by Martin Luther
9 When he wrote the Bible
10 This was a translation from which language Latin
11 This translation was a great help to the German People and could be read not only by scholars
12 Hochdeutsch is sometimes referred to as Schriftdeutsch meaning Written German
14 Switzerland has 3 official languages and they are: a. German b. French
c. Rätoromanisch (a language of Gypsy origin spoken in the south east of Switzerland)
15 The Swiss version of Swiss German is called Schwyzerdütsch
16 The capital of Switzerland is Bern(e)
17 The capital of Austria is Vienna (Wien)
18 The capital of Germany is Berlin
19 The former capital of Germany was Bonn
20 Die Deutsche Demokratische Republik was the former East Germany
21 Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland is the current Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)
22 Germany has 16 Bundesländer.
23 3 of the above are cities. They are: a. Berlin b. Hamburg c. Bremen
24 Like Australia, Germany has a Federal system of government.
25 The current Chancellor of Germany is Angela Merkel
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