Grundsow
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editOrthographically nonstandard (anglicized) spelling variation of Grundsau, used particularly in eastern Pennsylvania by Grundsow Lodges.
Noun
editGrundsow
- Synonym of Grundsau
- 1912, The Penn Germania: A Popular Journal of German History and Ideals in the United States, page 133:
- P. S.—Oh sawg, Mister Drucker, won's dir mix ausmacht, will ich en grundsow shtory doh unna droh henga fer der Solly Hulsbuck.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- http://www.pgs.org/grundsow_lodges.asp, table of Grundsow Lodches and Haaptman contact information.