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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That sounds really wrong. Is that a southern thing?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Yea it's definitely a dialect thing but a rather common one. I don't know where it is spoken most tho...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mean it only works with nouns that are not ending on vowels and also not every noun works good. But I heard this from people all over Germany. Mostly in a mocking way, like someone was eating too much and complaining about stomach pain:
"Oh, tut dir der Bauchi weh?"

Other commonly used examples I can think of:

Lurch - Lurchi (amphibian)
Frisch - Froschi (frog)
Hund - Hundi (dog)
Mutter/Vater/Oma/Opa - Mutti/Vati/Omi/Opi (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've only ever really heard it for a handful of very specific nouns, like Maus -> Mausi as an affectionate nickname

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I just updated my answer with more examples but I think you are right with the nickname thing