two following consonants. That usually results in an additional syllable, which "intensifies" the word and usually has a negative feeling to it. Examples: Standard German Verschwinde! – Viennese Vaschwind! – intensified Vaschawind! Standard German Verbrecher! – Viennese Vabrecha! – intensified Vabarecha! Standard German abgebrannt – Viennese oobrennt – intensified oobarennt Standard German Geradeaus! – Viennese Groodaus! – intensified Garoodaus! The following Viennese German characteristics are also found in other Bavarian dialects: Consonant tenseness: Voiceless fortis consonants become lenis . The , however, usually remains fortis when it follows a vowel. Vocalization of within a word after a vowel,e.g. also → oeso , Soldat → Soedot , fehlen → föhn , Kälte → Köödn Vocalization of at the end of a word, after a vowel,e.g. schnell → schnöö , viel → vüü Unrounding front vowels after coronal consonants,e.g. Glück → Glick , schön → schee Rounding unrounded vowels before (which may have been elided by now),e.g. schneller → schnöller , vielleicht → vülleicht , wild → wüüd Grammar There are not many grammatical differences from other Bavarian dialects, but the following are typical: The avoidance of the genitive case The use of the preposition ohne (without) with the dative case instead of the accusative case The replacement of "ihn" or "ihm" with "eam", for instance: "Hast du ihn gesehen?" ("Have you seen him?") would be "Host eam gsehn?" in Viennese The replacement of "wir" with "mia" Vocabulary The dialect is distinct mostly in its vocabulary. Influences Vocabulary displays particular characteristics. Viennese retains many Middle High German and sometimes even Old High German roots. Furthermore, it integrated many expressions from other languages, particularly from other parts of the former Habsburg monarchy, as Vienna served as a melting pot for its constituent populations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Because transcription of Viennese has not been standardised, the rendering of pronunciation here is incomplete: Examples from Old High German: Zähnd (Standard German Zähne, English teeth, from zand) Hemad (Hemd, = English shirt, from hemidi) from Middle High German: Greißler (=small grocer, from griuzel – diminutive of Gruz =grain) Baaz (=slimy mass, from batzen=being sticky) si ohgfrettn (=to struggle, from vretten) from Hebrew and Yiddish: Masl (=luck, from Ashkenazi Hebrew masol) Hawara (=friend, companion, from chaver) Gannef (=crook, from Ashkenazi Hebrew ganov) Beisl (=bar, pub, from Hebrew bajis house + Yiddish diminutive suffix l = bajsl small house) from Czech: Motschga (=unappetizing