1. INTRODUCTION The German spoken in Namibia is commonly known as Südwesterdeutsch, which may seem surprising, as the terms Südwestafrika, Südwest and Südwester/in have lost their historical authority and are nowadays considered politically incorrect. In Ger-man, people rarely talk of Namibisches Deutsch, though in English, the direct translation , 'Namibian German', is often heard. In this res...
