Deiwel
Central Franconian edit
Noun edit
Deiwel 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!
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Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German tiuvel, from Old High German tiufal. Cognate to German Teufel, Dutch duivel, English devil.
Noun edit
Deiwel m (plural Deiwel)
- devil
- 2011, Peter Fritsch, Pennsylvania Dutch Halloween Scherenschnitte, page 62:
- Do is en Deiwel, […]
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