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Bavarian (Austro-Bavarian) speaking areas. There is no ethno-linguistic distinction between Bavarians and Austrians.The territory of Bavaria has changed significantly over German history; [3] in the 19th century the Kingdom of Bavaria acquired substantial territories of Franconia and Swabia, while having to return territories to Austria who had become Bavarian only a few years earlier.
The salutation is spelled servus in German, [2] Bavarian, Slovak, [3] Romanian [4] and Czech. [5] In Rusyn and Ukrainian it is spelled сервус, in the Cyrillic alphabet. [6] [7] In Slovenian and Croatian [8] the variant spelling serbus is also used. The greeting is spelled szervusz in Hungarian [9] and serwus in Polish. [10]
The Baiuvarii, Bavarii, sometimes simply called Bavarians (German: Bajuwaren) were a Germanic people who lived in or near present day southern Bavaria, which is named after them. They began to appear in records by the 6th century AD, and their culture, language and political institutions are the predecessors of those of the medieval Duchy of ...
Grüß Gott is, however, the shortened form of both (es) grüße dich Gott and its plural (es) grüße euch Gott "may God greet you". In addition, in Middle High German, the verb grüßen (grüezen) used to mean not only "to greet" but also "to bless", so the greeting in fact preserves the original meaning "God bless you", [1] though even ...
"Thank you" Less frequently: "It is true" or "Health you have" Silesian: Pyrsk! "Cheers" Unknown Sinhala: ආයුබෝවන් (Ayubowan) "Have a long life" Thank you "Thank you" Slovak: Na zdravie "To your health" Ďakujem "Thank you" Slovenian: Na zdravje, Res je, or the old-fashioned Bog pomagaj "To your health", "it is true", or "God ...
For example, when two people see something that might well spoil their appetite, one may sarcastically say "Mahlzeit" (or the stronger, "Na, Mahlzeit!") to the other. When greeted with "Mahlzeit", one would ordinarily reply with "Mahlzeit" in return, or simply with "Danke", the German term for "thank you".
1.4 Bavarian people. 2 Geography and demographics. 3 History. 4 Government and politics. 5 See also. Toggle the table of contents. List of Bavaria-related topics. Add ...
After the deposition of Henry X the Proud as Bavarian duke in 1138 AD, the Counts of Tyrol strengthened their independence from Bavaria under his son, Henry the Lion. When the House of Welf was again given to the Bavarian duchy by Frederick Barbarossa at the 1154 AD Reichstag of Goslar, the county of Tyrol was no longer counted as part of Bavaria.