God

‘Herrgott’ is the characteristic Bavarian/Alpine Catholic folk term for God, seen in ‘Herrgottswinkel’ — the crucifix-and-devotional-image corner traditionally kept in Bavarian farmhouse living rooms. Caution: ‘Herrgott’ is also used as a mild profanity (‘Herrgott nomal!’), risking an irreverent register bleed if used carelessly in devotional text; this curriculum uses plain ‘Gott’ as the primary term and reserves ‘Herrgott’ for culturally warm, folk-devotional contexts only.