| Classification | Main States | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dialect, Upper German (Austro-Bavarian) | Bavaria | Bavarian | 97%
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| Dialect, Central German (East Central) | Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt | Upper Saxon | 86%
|
| Language, Based mainly on upper and central German | Federal Lingua Franca - All states | German | 81%
|
| Dialect, Upper German ([...]Franconian) | Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia | East Franconian | 77%
|
| Language, Ingvaeonic | Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Northrhine-Westphalia | Low Saxon | 77%
|
| Dialect,Upper German (Alemannic) | Baden-Württemberg,Bavaria | Swabian | 73%
|
| Language, South Scandinavian | Schleswig-Holstein | Danish | 71%
|
| Language, West Slavic | Saxony, Brandenburg | Sorbian | 70%
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| Language, Ingvaeonic | Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein | Frisian | 69%
|
| Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian) | Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate | Hessian | 50%
|
| Language, Indo-Aryan | Spread out over most states | Romani | 50%
|
| Dialect, Central German (East Central) | Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt | Thuringian | 50%
|
| Dialect,Upper German (Alemannic) | Baden-Württemberg | High Alemannic | 48%
|
| Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian) | Northrhine-Westphalia | Ripuarian | 45%
|
| Dialect,Upper German (Alemannic) | Baden-Württemberg | Low Alemannic | 39%
|
| Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian) | Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland | Palatine German | 39%
|
| Dialect, Low Franconian | Northrhine-Westphalia | Limburgish | 27%
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| Dialect, Upper German ([...]Franconian) | Baden-Württemberg | South Franconian | 21%
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| Dialect, Central German (East Central) | Saxony, Brandenburg, Berlin | Lusatian-South Marchian | 19%
|
| Dialect, Central German (Central Franconian) | Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Northrhine-Westphalia | Moselle Franconian | 16%
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| Dialect, Low Franconian | Northrhine-Westphalia | East Bergish | 12%
|
| Dialect, Low Franconian | Northrhine-Westphalia | South Guelderish | 2%
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