Pennsylvania Dutch Language

aa also aag eye
aarem poor abatz stop
abbutzlumpe dishtowel achtzich eighty
acker acre aebeer strawberry
alt old am beschde the best
am,  ern harvest Amisch Amish
arig bad ausleger undertaker
awwer but baam tree
baamgaarde orchard babrag rhubarb
backebaart whiskers bapple poplar
bauch stomach bede prayer
beer, bier berry bees angry
beesckatz mole (rodent) beint pint
bekannt acquainted, known bickle pickle
Biewel Bible bisskatz skunk
blaudere talk blaum plum
bliehe flower, bloom blohbier blueberry
bloo blue bluge plow
blummeland flower bed blunnevoggel hummingbird
boppli baby bott boi pot pie
brau brown breddicher preacher,minister
bressen jail brieh gravy
briwwi toilet, outhouse brot bread
bruder, brieder brother bu, buwe boy, son
budder butter budderfass churn
busch forest, woods bussli kitten
daadi daddy, father daaf baptism
daag day daaghelling dawn
daal valley, dale danki thank you
datt that daume thumb
deheem at home deller plate
demiedich, niedrich humble deppich quilt, bedspread
der Alt Grischtdaag Old Christmas, Jan. 6 celebrated by Old Order Amish der bauer, bauere farmer
der beesballe baseball der Herr Lord
die bauerei, bauereie farm dimmel thunder
dinschdaag tuesday disch table
dochder daughter dot dead
dramm liquor draub grape
draverweide weeping willow drei three
drowwe up dullebaan tulip
dunkel dark dutzed dozen
eeche oak eechel acorn
eechhaas squirrel eens one
eesich vinegar en aldi hutzel an old woman
enner, end end Englisch English
enichepepper anyone erd earth
erlawwe allow ern harvest
es blaat, die bledder leaf esse to eat
faasnachtkuche donut faehich capable, fit
familye family Faschtzeit Lent
fass keg, barrel faul lazy
fedder pen, writing feld, felder field
fett lard flammckuchen pancake
fleesch meat flexe linen
fluche swear, cuss fluss rheumatism
fraa, weibsleit woman, wife gaarde garden
gaardesach vegetables gaellesse suspenders
gaern sie like to be gaul, geil horse
gaunsch swing gebacht brot toast (bread)
gees goat geigel throat
geilsdokder veterinarian geilskimmel thornapple
gensblumme daisy gewwe to give
gichttross peony glaawe faith
glabbordfens picket fence glee small, little
gleiche to like gottlos ungodly
graas grass graut cabbage
greitzweg crossroad gross, greesser, greescht big, bigger, biggest
grossdaddi grandfather grosseldre grandparents
grossmudder grandmother grott toast (salute)
grummbeer potato grundniss peanut
qschmokdi waascht smoked sausage gsoffe intoxicated
gwaart quart haahnekamm pigweed
haas rabbit haerrebscht autumn
hand, hend hand hasch deer
haus, heiser house hawwer oats
hawwergees katydid heem shirt
heemet home hees hot
helfe to help hembeer raspberry
hesslich ugly Hexegraut St. Johns Wort
himmel sky hinkel chicken, hen
hinner after hochzich wedding
hoffning hope hoflart marigold
hoi hay hollerbier elderberry
Hollox Old Nick howwe upstairs
hut hat iemeschwarm swarm of bees
im in the ime familye weg pregnant
immer always iwwerflissich abundant
kaerbs squash kaffi coffee
kalbfleesch veal kalt cold
kannmeht rye flour karbsegrummbeer sweet potato
karebs pumpkin karichelied hymn
karreb basket kasch cherry
kecherli soybean keenichn queen
ken not any kessel kettle
kich, kiche kitchen kind, kinner child
kinskind grandchild kopp head
kuche cake kuh, lieh cow
kurich church lach laugh
lamm lamb land, lenner country
leef loaf (of bread) leffel spoon
lewe life lieb love
lied, lieder song links left
luschdich jolly maage stomach
maageri millich skimmed milk maedel, meed girl
maehe reap Martyer Schipiggel Martyrs Mirror
mattsait supper matz march
maularigel mouth organ maulgrischt pretending christian
meh more mehl mail
mei my melassich molasses
Mennischt Mennonite mer impersonal 'one'
messer knife middaag noon
middaagesse lunch millich milk
millicherei dairy farm mit with
mittwock wednesday moi may
monet month mooschi taffy
moschgieder mosquito mudder, midder mother
Nachtmol Lord's supper nadd north
nammidaag afternoon narrisch insane
nau now naus geh to go out
nei new net not
niemand nobody niesse sneeze
noch still obscht fruit
offe stove oftmools oftentimes
onkel uncle oschderblumme daffodil
oweds in the evening peffergraut pickled cabbage
pessebett dandelion pickder photograph
piff straw pingschtblumme lilac
preis price pund pound
qwilde make a quilt rankegift poison ivy
reddich radish reeschde roast
rege rain reich rich
reseet recipe rewwer river
rickmeesel spare ribs rieb turnip
riggelweg railroad rodi hemmbeer red raspberry
ros rose rot red
rotrieb red beet rotz phlegm, snot
sau, sei hog sauer sour
schaffe work schee pretty
scheier, scheiere barn scheierhof barnyard
schenkel thigh schinnerhannes man who hauls away dead animals
schissel key schisselblumme primrose
schlof sleep schmatze be in pain
schmeisse throw schmoke smoke
schnee snow schneebrocke snowflake
schneeich snowy schof sheep
schpaarsam thrifty schaptzsupp soup made of leftovers
schpeck bacon schpeckdraub foxgrape
schpinnraad spinning wheel schreiner carpenter
schtakk, schtell stable schtockhaub stone deaf
schtricke knit schuck shoe
schul school schuler pupil, student
schumeck sumac schwallem swallow (bird)
schweschder, schweschdere sister schwimme swim
seef soaf segne bless
seifleesch pork seiss sweet
sex six siesses sugar
siesskasch sweet cherry siesswelschkann sweet corn
sirrup syrup soh, seeh son
sudde south summer summer
sunndaag sabbath, sunday supp soup
teeleffel teaspoon uff on
uhr clock vadder, vedder father
verdrecke soil verhaddelt mixed up
verlosse abandon, leave viel many
volk folk, people voll full
waache wagon waarem warm
wachholder juniper waegli buggy
walnuss walnut warre to become, get
weck roll, bun weeze wheat
weezemehl wheat flour weisse white
welschkann indian corn welschkannfeld cornfield
wesch wash weschp wasp
winder winter wock week
wuhne to live, dwell yaahr, yaahre year
Yennerkalb person born in January yingschi youngest
yuddekasch ground cherry yulei july
yung young yuni june
yuscht just, only zaah tooth
zaeblicker toothpick zehe toe
zung tongue (human)    

 

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