German is a language with many dialects. One of them is the dialect of Siegerland, spoken in western Germany. It is a Low German dialect.
One of the notable characteristics of the Siegerland dialect is the /r/. It is not a uvular fricative or an alveolar trill, but rather an alveolar approximant. It is also used in a number of Dutch dialects as well as in English.
In the Siegerland dialect, the alveolar approximant is used in all positions. In Dutch, however, it tends to be restricted to the syllable coda. The Dutch dialect spoken in Leiden, however, is an exception because it uses the approximant in all positions.
The Siegerland dialect is a Low German dialect. The /r/ is different from that of other German dialects. It is an alveolar approximant and is realized in syllable-initial, syllable-final and intervocalic positions.
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