Gosef

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Josef.

Proper noun

Gosef m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) Joseph (biblical figure)

   Do machet siech aah auf Gosef aus dr Stadt Nazareth in Galiläa un zug ins güdische Land, nooch Bethlehem dr Stadt Davids, well aar aus dan Haus un Geschlacht Davids war.

   And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and lineage of David.

2. (Erzgebirgisch) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

Further reading

• Fritz Körner, De Gesungene Speisekart. Seine schönsten Geschichten, P. 83
• Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 214