Pinneken and Pieselotten – Basic vocabulary for the city and countryside of Paderborn

Newcomers to Paderborn often struggle to make themselves understood. They might ask for pajamas at Klingenthal's and be told, "We don't have any," even though there are pallets of pajamas on the shelves. They have to freeze at night – simply because they don't know the most basic Paderborn words, like "Polter" (a local dialect word).

The Paderborn language guide "Pinneken und Pieselotten" is a helpful resource. It enables every reader to converse with all the long-time residents between Dahl and Dalheim, Steinhorst and Steinhausen, Bad Wünnen, Weihberg and Kleinenberg.

This basic vocabulary list for the city and region of Paderborn therefore includes

● the most common local terms of Southwest-East Westphalia
● a vocabulary list with more than 250 words and phrases
● Examples of correct everyday use
● a variety of euphonious and practically relevant swear words
● a whole lot of anecdotes that are neither pleasant to read nor practically relevant, but are fun to read
● In short: everything newcomers need to be able to join the conversation between Hellweg, Senne, Sauerland and Eggegebirge.