Däitsch

See also: däitsch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

See däitsch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dæi̯tʃ/, [dæˑɪ̯t͡ʃ]

Proper noun

Däitsch n

  1. German (language)
  2. (obsolete) Luxembourgish or any dialect of Continental West Germanic [until earlier 20th c.]

Usage notes
  • Generally undeclined, but like the neuter adjective däitsch after the definite article: d’Däitscht (“the German language”). Optionally also after other determiners: mäin Däitsch or mäin Däitscht (“my German”).
  • Note am Däitschen (“in the German language, in German grammar etc.”) versus op Däitsch (“in German”, of a text, utterance).

Noun

Däitsch f (plural Däitsch or Däitscher)

  1. female equivalent of Däitschen: a German woman
    Mir hunn eng Däitsch am Veräin.
    There's a German woman in our club.
    Hien ass mat enger Däitscher bestuet.
    He's married to a German woman.

Usage notes
  • Declined like the feminine adjective däitsch.
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