Master Austrian Ski Words: Top 10 Terms You Need to Know

Master Austrian Ski Words: Top 10 Terms You Need to Know
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Welcome to the Austrian German Tutorial! SERVUS! Winter is here, and that means that many Austrians and tourist hit the slopes! But before you grab your skis for your visit in Austria, let’s make sure you are familiar with the essential Austrian ski vocabulary. After having watched this video you know words like Schifoan, Hüttngaudi oder Steilhang. So let’s get started.
The learning goal of this tutorial is to learn 10 important Austrian German words about the topic skiing.
Let’s start with the most important word: Schifoan! This is the Austrian way of saying 'skiing'-a bit different from the Standard German Skifahren.
For example: “Heit geh i Schifoan!" = Today, I’m going skiing.
By the way, Austria even has a famous song called Schifoan by Wolfgang Ambros. I put the link in the description if you wanna listen to it.
If you follow the Austrian German Tutorial regularly you know that the Austrian words we cover here, are mostly used in spoken language. Whenever you need the written form Standard German is the better choice.
The second word about skiing is Schipiste, which is Ski slope in English. In Austria you may come across the sentence: “Die Schipisten san super präpariert!” which can be translated as “The ski slopes are in great condition!”.
Schifoan song:
• Wolfgang Ambros - Schi...