Babbsagg wrote:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberdeutscher_Pr%C3%A4teritumschwund
Note that it says this can be traced back to the 13th century. If asked, I'd have said it's typically German to drop the preterite entirely except for copula.
Der Artikel spricht aber ausdrücklich von Oberdeutsch. Frankfurt ist zwar noch in der Nähe, gehört aber eigentlich schon nicht mehr dazu, sondern zu den mitteldeutschen Dialekten. Deswegen auch meine Frage, ich war neugierig, wie südlich der Norden anfängt.
Absolutely not, you're very welcome. In fact, I'd like to learn more and know which region you are from.
Hm, at least the state used to be in my profile, but it seems this option has gone away...? I'm the Unilang expert for Swabian, from the Stuttgart area.
and there my half-siblings grew up with Odenwälderisch (if that's a thing, not sure)
Not sure if it wouldn't just be called Südhessisch, but anyway, I think I know what it sounds like.