vernacular
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vernacular
Refers to the traditional, everyday language and way of expressing things used by the general population, often in the form of idioms, proverbs, or popular names.
Im Volksmund wird das Gänseblümchen auch Tausendschön genannt.
In the vernacular, the daisy is also called 'Tausendschön' (thousand-beauty).
The word is a figurative compound of 'Volk' (people) and 'Mund' (mouth). So it literally means 'the mouth of the people' and describes what people generally say or what they call something.
Der Name der Pflanze ist nur im Volksmund gebräuchlich, nicht in der Botanik.
The name of the plant is only commonly used in the vernacular, not in botany.
'Volksmund' is almost always used in the fixed expression 'im Volksmund' (in the vernacular). This introduces an alternative, colloquial name or an idiom.
Frankfurt am Main wird im Volksmund auch „Mainhattan“ genannt.
Frankfurt am Main is also called 'Mainhattan' in the vernacular.
Typical sentences follow the patterns 'Etwas heißt im Volksmund ...' (Something is called ... in the vernacular) or 'Im Volksmund sagt man, dass ...' (People say in the vernacular that ...).
Im Volksmund sagt man, dass eine Schwalbe noch keinen Sommer macht.
People say in the vernacular that one swallow does not make a summer.
colloquial language
Both words refer to everyday language. „Der Volksmund“ refers particularly to traditional expressions, proverbs, or popular names, while „die Umgangssprache“ refers to the informal way of speaking in everyday conversation. Use „Volksmund“ for established popular expressions and „Umgangssprache“ for the language register.
Im Volksmund wird diese kleine Straße noch immer „der alte Weg“ genannt.
In popular usage, this small street is still called “the old road.”
In der Umgangssprache sagt man zu dieser kleinen Straße einfach „der alte Weg“.
In colloquial language, people simply call this small street “the old road.”
