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 | |
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) |