Deiwel
Central Franconian
editNoun
editDeiwel m
- (Moselle Franconian / Hunsrückisch) devil
- 1874, Peter Joseph Rottmann, Gedichte in Hunsrücker Mundart, page 3:
- Wer sall meich dann bei die Spielleit fehre, / Wann eich naunder meine Kerl verleere? / Geh, eich wullt, datt Deich der Deiwel hätt!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German tiuvel, from Old High German tiufal. Cognate to German Teufel, Dutch duivel, English devil.
Noun
editDeiwel m (plural Deiwel)
- devil
- 2011, Peter Fritsch, Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte, page 62:
- Do is en Deiwel, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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