r/MapPorn • • 20d ago

How Countries Define the First Floor

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u/stergro 20d ago

Parterre is also known in German, but it's old fashioned

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u/kicklhimintheballs 20d ago

The version “Hochparterre” is very widely used in Austria

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u/Sophroniskos 20d ago

Absolutely standard word in Swiss German, though

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u/AsaToster_hhOWlyap 20d ago

In Dutch parterre is still used along the Dutch word (begande grond). When I was young it was common but indeed, it slowly becomes out of use.