ausbau

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Ausbau^¹

adjective

not comparable Alternative letter-case form of ausbau The general aim is to prevent the Ausbau language from being confused with the other, stronger language in contact.

noun Ausbaus

Alternative letter-case form of ausbau

ausbau^²

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From German Ausbausprache.

adjective Ausbau

not comparable, of a language or dialect Constituting a standard; being deliberately shaped and standardized; having the social, political, or legal status of a standard language. Thus the Hindi/Urdu situation was created by an ausbau process, not unlike the process which created Norwegian as distinct from Danish, and Afrikaans as distinct from Dutch.

noun ausbaus · Ausbau

The process of standardizing a language; the resulting standard language. […] the Hindi ausbau was created long before separation and thus had to compete with its model — a competition which could only succeed if the ausbau was made on the basis of the religious symbols of the 75% Hindu population.

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@misc{ausbau_2026,
  title = {ausbau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ausbau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}