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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.
dialect
'Dialekt' and 'Volksmund' both have to do with language outside strict standard language. 'Dialekt' means a regional form of language, for example with different pronunciation, different words, or different grammar. 'Volksmund' is more about how people traditionally or in everyday life call or say something, especially in proverbs, idioms, or popular names. The words can be confusing because both do not sound like formal standard language. If it is about a regional language, 'Dialekt' fits; if it is about a well-known saying or a popular expression, 'Volksmund' fits.
Im Volksmund heißt die Pflanze auch Schlafmützchen.
In the vernacular, the plant is also called Schlafmützchen.
Meine Großmutter spricht zu Hause oft Dialekt.
My grandmother often speaks dialect at home.