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Originally Posted by Lina Inverse Same as with the ch, loanwords keep their original pronunciation.

As long as they are not "eingedeutscht". That's a matter of language distance & time.

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Never heard of that - where in Germany would that be?

Niederrhein (Lower or Nether Rhine). We pronounce eg. "warten" like "wachten". Another regional feature is the missing sch-sound, most of us can only pronounce it like 'ch' in "ich".

BTW, 'ch' as 'k' is not restricted to loanwords. Take the examples "höchstens" or "nächstes Mal".

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Pretty much the only exceptions made are for loan words from foreign languages.

Loanwords are always from foreign languages, else they are not called loanwords, for what I know.

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Indeed, it can vary a bit from region to region - with the big exsception being Bavaria. The dialect there, Bavarian, should better be regarded as a language of its own, as it's totally unintelligible to any normal German - but Bavaria is pretty much like a foreign country anyway, they even call themselves "Free country"

Hmm, you really have an issue with Bavaria, it seems. Don't be too negative! They are human, too. BTW, don't forget that there is more than one dialect in Bavaria.
Pretty much every dialect in Germany could be regarded as a separate language, for being unintelligible with some other German dialects. If I would speak Jläbecker Platt (the dialect of my hometown) to you, you probably wouldn't understand very much either. Luckily for you, I myself cannot really speak it (& even have problems understanding parts of it).