Gosef
East Central German
editEtymology
editProper noun
editGosef m
- (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.
- (Erzgebirgisch) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph
Further reading
edit- Fritz Körner, De Gesungene Speisekart. Seine schönsten Geschichten, P. 83
- Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 214