deitsch

See also: Deitsch

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German deutsch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̥ai̯t͡ʃ/

Noun

deitsch

  1. German

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”), which see for more. Cognate to German deutsch.

Adjective

deitsch

  1. (Silesian, Erzgebirgisch) German
    Deitsch und frei woll mr sei und do bleim mr aa drbei.
    German and free is what we want to be and that's what we'll stick to. (Anton Günther)

Further reading
  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 31:
  • https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/d.deitsch_1.wort

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”). Cognate to German deutsch. Compare Dutch Duits, English Dutch.

Adjective

deitsch

  1. German or Pennsylvania German

Rhine Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German diutsc, from Old High German diutisk, diutisc (“popular, vernacular”). Cognate to German deutsch.

Adjective

deitsch

  1. German; Lorrainian
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